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CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018

Atlantic City, New Jersey · 17 November 2018 · 12 events · 154 competitors · 305 personal bests

Max Park won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.34 seconds. 154 competitors produced 305 personal bests, 97 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sadiq Ahmed set the Skewb single national record: 14.94.

Five wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.34s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Patrick Ponce over Max Park
305
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.926.66
2×2Will Callan1.741.86
4×4Max Park21.1425.48
5×5Max Park39.9245.16
6×6Max Park1:18.921:21.75
7×7Max Park2:00.892:05.82
3×3 blindfoldedAJ Kamal1:02.09—
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce9.5410.70
MegaminxPatrick Ponce43.4945.05
PyraminxDaniel Goodman2.853.14
SkewbZeyu Hu (胡泽宇)2.863.10
Square-1Eva Kato7.078.19

The PB harvest

305 set · 97 still standing
  • Seokjun Hong — 3×3 single 6.94: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Seokjun Hong — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Zach Goldman — Skewb single 3.43: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Santino Maiorino — Skewb single 3.44: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Tim Reynolds — Skewb single 3.53: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Zachary Garber — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Aaron Macko — Pyraminx single 4.08: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Arda Wuyts — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

154 competitors · 1313 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 6.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

154 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.