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Competitions · United States

Missoula 2021

Missoula, Montana · 6 November 2021 · 12 events · 43 competitors · 48 personal bests

Max Park won six of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Luke Tycksen by 0.11 seconds. 43 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 3×3 average world record: 5.32.

Six wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Luke Tycksen over Walker Welch
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.326.25
2×2Luke Tycksen1.992.45
4×4Max Park19.7720.94
5×5Max Park37.9441.34
6×6Max Park1:14.171:18.88
7×7Max Park1:53.891:58.22
3×3 blindfoldedBrendan Bakker (貝庭笙)27.46
3×3 one-handedMax Park7.919.34
MegaminxMax Siauw46.3151.13
PyraminxPaul Mahvi3.895.07
SkewbPaul Mahvi3.314.69
Square-1Max Siauw6.507.22

The PB harvest

48 set · 9 still standing
  • Chance J. Lockwood — 3×3 single 8.15: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Adil Lari — 3×3 single 8.60: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Adil Lari — 3×3 one-handed single 18.87: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Jeidun Duncan — Megaminx single 1:16.52: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
  • Adil Lari — 4×4 single 46.79: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • Adil Lari — 5×5 single 1:32.04: into the top 29.0% of the event's history.
  • Jeidun Duncan — Square-1 single 25.38: into the top 39.9% of the event's history.
  • Jeidun Duncan — 7×7 single 5:41.15: into the top 62.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 429 results · 12 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. Max Park won it with a 6.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.