Competitions · United States

No Place For DNF Fall 2019

Macungie, Pennsylvania · 9 November 2019 · 7 events · 90 competitors · 100 personal bests

Chris Chi won two of the seven events (3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Christopher Sun by 0.17 seconds. 90 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Keshav Panchal took a 3×3 single of 37.16 down to 13.17, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Chris Chi — 3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1

0.17s

closest final — 3×3, Christopher Sun over AJ Kamal

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Sun	7.57	8.07
4×4	Cory Yurkovic	27.86	29.90
7×7	Brandon Nunez	2:24.24	2:38.44
3×3 Fewest Moves	Chris Chi	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Eric Zhao	10.34	14.38
Square-1	Chris Chi	7.81	8.62
5×5 blindfolded	AJ Kamal	—	—

The PB harvest

100 set · 39 still standing

Eric Zhao — 3×3 one-handed single 9.76: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
Ishaan Lal — 3×3 one-handed single 10.82: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Cory Yurkovic — 4×4 single 27.86: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Joseph Pasterski — 3×3 single 8.32: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Keenan Johnson — Square-1 single 11.99: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Christian Gingrich — 3×3 single 11.17: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Robert Schiff — 3×3 single 12.89: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
James Costlow — 4×4 single 45.96: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

90 competitors · 382 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. Christopher Sun won it with a 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.