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Maryland 2018

College Park, Maryland · 30 June 2018 · 9 events · 149 competitors · 141 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Keaton Ellis by 0.28 seconds. 149 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Davis Kessler took a Square-1 single of 54.02 down to 15.32, 72 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Keaton Ellis — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.28s
closest final — 3×3, Keaton Ellis over Tanzer Balimtas
141
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Keaton Ellis7.468.21
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)26.5627.67
5×5Brandon Nunez54.6157.55
3×3 blindfoldedLiam Chen26.7741.96
3×3 Fewest MovesChris Chi25 moves26.67
3×3 one-handedKeaton Ellis11.5212.36
Square-1Rowe Hessler6.848.90
4×4 blindfoldedNeel Gore3:31.79—
3×3 Multi-BlindNeel Gore23 of 29 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

141 set · 37 still standing
  • Tanzer Balimtas — 3×3 one-handed single 10.45: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Rowe Hessler — 4×4 single 27.51: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Chanoe Park — 3×3 one-handed single 12.77: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Robbie Stevenson — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Li — 3×3 single 10.34: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Kearney — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • David Doty — Square-1 single 12.63: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Tilahun — Square-1 single 12.71: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

149 competitors · 715 results · 9 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

149 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.