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Naticube 2024

Natick, Massachusetts · 17 February 2024 · 7 events · 77 competitors · 77 personal bests

Curtis Chai won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Curtis Chai by 0.01 seconds. 77 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mayis Jraghatspanyan set the 3×3 single national record: 7.77.

Two wins
Curtis Chai — 3×3, 2×2
0.01s
closest final — 3×3, Curtis Chai over Gabriel Garber Burd
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Curtis Chai6.247.94
2×2Curtis Chai1.001.76
4×4Jonah Crosby26.2528.56
3×3 blindfoldedThiago Han28.71
3×3 one-handedPeter Ha12.2912.69
ClockElijah Rain Phelps5.125.94
Square-1Elijah Rain Phelps6.617.77

The PB harvest

77 set · 29 still standing
  • Gabriel Garber Burd — 2×2 single 1.10: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
  • Henry Thrasher — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Mayis Jraghatspanyan — 3×3 single 7.77: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Li — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Jude Veilleux — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Retik — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Garber Burd — Clock single 6.16: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Chen — 3×3 single 10.14: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

77 competitors · 403 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. Curtis Chai won it with a 7.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.