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Nebraska Championship 2024

Falls City, Nebraska · 12 April 2024 · 17 events · 47 competitors · 101 personal bests

Paul Mahvi won six of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jayben Keene by 0.00 seconds. 47 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sam Troxel took a 3×3 one-handed single of 55.37 down to 20.72, 63 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Paul Mahvi — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.00s
closest final — 3×3, Jayben Keene over Paul Mahvi
101
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jayben Keene6.728.22
2×2Braxton Lee Fowler1.542.39
4×4Paul Mahvi24.2927.30
5×5Paul Mahvi49.4352.86
6×6Paul Mahvi1:32.361:39.57
7×7Paul Mahvi2:11.932:23.31
3×3 blindfoldedWalker Welch1:29.06
3×3 Fewest MovesWalker Welch31 moves
3×3 one-handedPaul Mahvi13.4715.17
ClockChris Van Der Brink3.744.50
MegaminxWalker Welch56.971:01.23
PyraminxChris Van Der Brink2.363.36
SkewbTrenton Cuzick4.775.08
Square-1Paul Mahvi12.5413.62
4×4 blindfoldedWalker Welch8:34.79
5×5 blindfoldedWalker Welch21:58.00
3×3 Multi-BlindWalker Welch8 of 9 cubes · 56:35

The PB harvest

101 set · 32 still standing
  • Braxton Lee Fowler — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Walker Welch — Pyraminx single 2.06: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Lydia Workman — 7×7 single 2:10.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Walker Welch — 4×4 single 29.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Shain Papalotl Longbehn — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Brecken Moss — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Lydia Workman — 4×4 single 31.74: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Shain Papalotl Longbehn — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

47 competitors · 602 results · 17 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. Jayben Keene won it with a 8.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.