Competitions · United States

New York City Fall 2018

Flushing, New York · 21 October 2018 · 7 events · 88 competitors · 85 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Goodman by 0.13 seconds. 88 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Karnaukh set the Square-1 average continental record: 8.11.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Goodman over Livia Kleiner

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.68	7.45
4×4	Patrick Ponce	25.13	29.19
5×5	Patrick Ponce	48.93	54.85
7×7	Sam Schultz	2:59.16	3:02.70
3×3 blindfolded	Andrew Le	46.98	51.25
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	1.93	2.32
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	6.57	8.11

The PB harvest

85 set · 18 still standing

Jared Astrof — 3×3 single 7.59: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Hailey Schoelkopf — Square-1 single 11.19: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Berkay Yilmaz — Pyraminx single 4.43: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Robert Curtis-Hardy — 3×3 single 11.81: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Felix Bouchard — 3×3 single 12.51: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Adomous Wright — 4×4 single 47.35: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Maier Khabieh — Pyraminx single 6.46: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Eeshan Khurana — 5×5 single 1:30.28: into the top 27.5% 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

88 competitors · 408 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.