Competitions · United States

New Hope Open Spring 2018

New Hope, Pennsylvania · 16 June 2018 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 78 personal bests

Eva Kato won the 3×3 with a 8.28 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Eva Kato by 0.01 seconds. 90 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Nicolas Naing set the Megaminx single continental record: 33.52.

events decided

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Eva Kato over Patrick Ponce

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eva Kato	7.51	8.28
2×2	Luigi Soriano	1.45	1.77
5×5	Patrick Ponce	49.16	55.15
7×7	Dana Yi	2:41.33	2:56.21
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	33.62	35.02
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	7.43	8.99

The PB harvest

78 set · 24 still standing

Nestor Sokhan — 3×3 single 10.55: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Jerich Lee — Megaminx single 1:04.47: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Kyle Steppe — 3×3 single 11.75: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Sucheth Seethalla — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Adriel Alquiros — 2×2 single 3.41: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Nick Rech — 5×5 single 1:21.59: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
Michael Da Silva — 2×2 single 3.92: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
Wyatt Kelleher — 2×2 single 3.93: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 363 results · 6 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. Eva Kato won it with a 8.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.