Competitions · United States

Maryland 2017

College Park, Maryland · 7 October 2017 · 10 events · 239 competitors · 342 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Keaton Ellis by 0.10 seconds. 239 competitors produced 342 personal bests, 123 of which still stand today, and 54 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the 6×6 single national record: 1:42.71.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.10s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Keaton Ellis over Bill Wang

342

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.75	7.31
2×2	Daniel Karnaukh	1.61	1.98
4×4	Bill Wang	22.64	26.73
5×5	Bill Wang	52.61	55.71
6×6	Bill Wang	1:42.71	1:57.41
7×7	Benjamin Wei	3:05.99	3:10.67
3×3 blindfolded	Jeff Park	24.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	10.85	13.28
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	2.54	3.16
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	9.96	10.51

The PB harvest

342 set · 123 still standing

Jeff Park — 3×3 single 5.52: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Srish Udayakumar — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Joey Stahl — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Corey Sakowski — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Alex Thielemier — Pyraminx single 2.63: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Darren Faules — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Sam Deacon — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Pavan Ravindra — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

54 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

239 competitors · 1288 results · 10 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1L B R2 B2 U' D2 L2 U R' F' L B2 L U2 R F2 R' F2 L2
2U2 F2 R' D2 B2 L' U2 R2 B2 U B R B D2 R' B2 F' R U2
3B' L D' F' B2 U F2 R' U F' U2 F D2 B2 R2 U2 F' R2 F U2
4R' U2 B2 F2 L B2 U2 F R' D B' L F2 R' F' D2 U2 B'
5U2 F L2 U2 B' L2 D2 B' F2 D' F2 R F' L B' R2 U B2 R2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

239 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.