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Northampton Newcomers B 2024

Northampton, Massachusetts · 9 March 2024 · 2 events · 33 competitors · 12 personal bests

Zavian Valedon won the 3×3 with a 7.24 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zavian Valedon by 0.29 seconds. 33 competitors produced 12 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tobias Felix took a 2×2 single of 12.36 down to 7.21, 42 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
0.29s
closest final — 3×3, Zavian Valedon over Aaron Jake Wong
12
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zavian Valedon6.527.24
2×2Ethan Zhuang0.921.50

The PB harvest

12 set · 8 still standing
  • Damir Mirambeaux — 3×3 single 12.42: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Damir Mirambeaux — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Elrod Yulchiev — 3×3 single 19.62: into the top 38.9% of the event's history.
  • Anderson Keiser-Clark — 3×3 single 28.43: into the top 59.7% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Felix — 2×2 single 7.21: into the top 62.1% of the event's history.
  • Anderson Keiser-Clark — 2×2 single 7.92: into the top 67.3% of the event's history.
  • Arianna Walker — 2×2 single 9.06: into the top 73.8% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Felix — 3×3 single 39.69: into the top 76.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

33 competitors · 133 results · 2 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. Zavian Valedon won it with a 7.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.