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CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019

College Park, Maryland · 16 February 2019 · 13 events · 233 competitors · 421 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Chris Chi by 0.11 seconds. 233 competitors produced 421 personal bests, 96 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Patrick Ponce set the 3×3 single continental record: 4.24.

Four wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Chris Chi over Luigi Soriano
421
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce6.227.43
2×2Chris Chi1.311.70
4×4Patrick Ponce24.4527.92
5×5Patrick Ponce45.0651.78
6×6Brandon Nunez1:39.211:43.86
7×7Benjamin Wei2:16.022:23.25
3×3 blindfoldedLiam Chen23.9030.75
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce9.7211.34
ClockJacob Ambrose6.776.97
MegaminxRay Bai40.4743.36
PyraminxLivia Kleiner2.733.08
SkewbWilliam Klauer1.783.79
Square-1Brandon Lin (林博浩)7.458.28

The PB harvest

421 set · 96 still standing
  • Mitchell Hum — Skewb single 2.38: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Cato Wang — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Jasmine Mapatac — 3×3 single 8.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Noah Giuliano — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Mateo Tiul — Skewb single 3.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Avinash Modi — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Allan Beres — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Jackey Zheng — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

233 competitors · 1603 results · 13 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

233 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.