Competitions · United States

New York City Spring 2018

New York, New York · 21 April 2018 · 5 events · 71 competitors · 56 personal bests

Daniel Rose-Levine won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Chris Chi by 0.12 seconds. 71 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jacob Kopelman took a Skewb single of 10.39 down to 5.25, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Daniel Rose-Levine — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — Skewb, Chris Chi over Livia Kleiner

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rose-Levine	6.69	7.34
4×4	Chris Choi	29.09	31.52
3×3 blindfolded	Raymond Goslow	56.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Daniel Rose-Levine	11.43	14.66
Skewb	Chris Chi	2.72	3.41

The PB harvest

56 set · 10 still standing

Zach Zwerling — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Steven Mattson — 3×3 one-handed single 18.12: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Steven Mattson — Skewb single 4.91: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Jacob Kopelman — Skewb single 5.25: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Zach Zwerling — Skewb single 5.25: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Jacob Kopelman — 4×4 single 50.01: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
Matt Baldwin — Skewb single 6.21: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.
Jedidiah Chung — 3×3 one-handed single 26.34: into the top 37.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

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

The field

71 competitors · 270 results · 5 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. Daniel Rose-Levine won it with a 7.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.