Competitions · United States

Los Angeles Newcomers 2024

Los Angeles, California · 30 March 2024 · 4 events · 244 competitors · 170 personal bests

Max Park won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nancy Liu by 0.20 seconds. 244 competitors produced 170 personal bests, 64 of which still stand today, and 82 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Saketh Rao took a 2×2 single of 5.65 down to 2.69, 52 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4

0.20s

closest final — 2×2, Nancy Liu over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

170

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.13	5.66
2×2	Nancy Liu	1.51	1.65
4×4	Max Park	18.47	19.94
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.55	2.16

The PB harvest

170 set · 64 still standing

Jordan Herman — 2×2 single 1.38: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Jordan Herman — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Sebastian Schumann — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jeffrey S. Gonzales — 3×3 single 9.99: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Joshua Alba — 3×3 single 10.04: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Saketh Rao — 2×2 single 2.69: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Brendan Barraclough — 3×3 single 11.41: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Ian Park — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

82 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

244 competitors · 871 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

244 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.