Competitions · United States

Nisei Week 2017

Los Angeles, California · 19 August 2017 · 3 events · 169 competitors · 92 personal bests

Max Park won two of the three events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Max Park by 0.65 seconds. 169 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nicholas Moreno took a 3×3 single of 48.40 down to 22.51, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.65s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Max Park over Kavin Tangtartharakul

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.43	6.77
3×3 blindfolded	Pilan Scruggs	1:35.18	1:40.06
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.01	11.09

The PB harvest

92 set · 31 still standing

Pilan Scruggs — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Beom Joon Kim (김범준) — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Michael Franklin — 3×3 single 10.33: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Jason Chen — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Daniel De Vera — 3×3 one-handed single 15.74: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Johnathan Lewis — 3×3 single 11.57: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Seth Goldman — 3×3 single 11.81: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Johnathan Lewis — 3×3 one-handed single 18.93: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

169 competitors · 329 results · 3 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 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

169 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.