Competitions · United States

Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018

Ann Arbor, Michigan · 10 November 2018 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 93 personal bests

Blake Thompson won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Blake Thompson by 0.23 seconds. 100 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Mora took a Pyraminx single of 14.57 down to 5.96, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Blake Thompson — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.23s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Blake Thompson over Stanley Chapel

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Blake Thompson	5.73	6.82
7×7	James Hildreth	2:53.23	3:00.43
3×3 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	27.21	—
3×3 one-handed	Blake Thompson	14.67	15.66
Megaminx	Phillip Lewicki	36.58	40.93
Pyraminx	Dominic Heising	2.85	3.21
Square-1	Stanley Chapel	9.30	12.92

The PB harvest

93 set · 20 still standing

Rami Sbahi — Megaminx single 36.46: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
Richard Ye — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Wesley Miller — 3×3 one-handed single 17.33: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Rocco William Price — Pyraminx single 5.44: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Tom O'Donnell — 3×3 single 13.36: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Samuel Mora — Pyraminx single 5.96: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Evan McDonnell — Pyraminx single 6.37: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Hoffman — Pyraminx single 7.56: into the top 32.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

100 competitors · 436 results · 7 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. Blake Thompson won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.