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Northampton Newcomers A 2024

Northampton, Massachusetts · 9 March 2024 · 3 events · 23 competitors · 14 personal bests

Nipun Kisari won two of the three events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nipun Kisari by 0.75 seconds. 23 competitors produced 14 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elliot Voigt took a 3×3 one-handed single of 33.14 down to 19.72, 40 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Nipun Kisari — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.75s
closest final — 3×3, Nipun Kisari over Charles Amarello
14
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nipun Kisari6.527.40
3×3 one-handedNipun Kisari10.5412.23
SkewbJustin Lee3.093.74

The PB harvest

14 set · 6 still standing
  • Oliver Stevens — 3×3 one-handed single 16.63: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Nico Bezzerides — 3×3 one-handed single 17.16: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Neil Hughes — 3×3 single 12.63: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Onur Bak — Skewb single 9.28: into the top 50.4% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Garofolo — 3×3 one-handed single 32.87: into the top 53.1% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Garofolo — Skewb single 9.83: into the top 53.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

23 competitors · 109 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. Nipun Kisari won it with a 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.