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Nisei Week 2019

Los Angeles, California · 17 August 2019 · 1 events · 120 competitors · 35 personal bests

Max Park won the 3×3 with a 6.49 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 0.53 seconds. 120 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ryan Nakamura took a 3×3 single of 29.23 down to 14.72, 50 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
0.53s
closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Danny SungIn Park
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.746.49

The PB harvest

35 set · 12 still standing
  • Ryan Chu — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Richard Jaemin Yong — 3×3 single 10.80: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Edward Batac Canlas — 3×3 single 12.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • David Neiman — 3×3 single 12.34: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Nakamura — 3×3 single 14.72: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
  • Jonas Soelberg — 3×3 single 18.98: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
  • Kampton Nuttall — 3×3 single 19.86: into the top 39.5% of the event's history.
  • Joaquin Torres — 3×3 single 20.00: into the top 39.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

120 competitors · 136 results · 1 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 6.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.