Competitions · United States

Newport Fall 2016

Corona Del Mar, California · 8 October 2016 · 6 events · 98 competitors · 121 personal bests

Max Park won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kennan LeJeune by 0.08 seconds. 98 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Park set the 4×4 average national record: 28.48.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Kennan LeJeune over Gavin Wills

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	6.84	7.90
2×2	Kennan LeJeune	1.03	2.57
4×4	Max Park	24.69	28.48
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.36	12.51
Skewb	Jungwoo Kim (김정우)	3.46	4.37
Square-1	Michael Young	11.59	13.64

The PB harvest

121 set · 31 still standing

Isaac Langer — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Gavin Wills — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Anthony Brooks — 3×3 one-handed single 11.76: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
John Hicks — 3×3 single 10.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Peter Park — 3×3 one-handed single 15.90: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Garrett Podgorski — 3×3 single 11.59: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Peter Park — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Sophie Berman — 3×3 single 12.31: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

98 competitors · 431 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. Max Park won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.