Competitions · United States

NovaCube 2017

Chantilly, Virginia · 29 April 2017 · 6 events · 130 competitors · 98 personal bests

Maggie Jordan won two of the six events (4×4, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ankush Hommerich-Dutt by 0.41 seconds. 130 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ryan Farish took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:11.38 down to 1:43.33, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Maggie Jordan — 4×4, 7×7

0.41s

closest final — 3×3, Ankush Hommerich-Dutt over Henry Savich

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ankush Hommerich-Dutt	8.08	9.39
4×4	Maggie Jordan	39.56	41.79
6×6	Roy Lee	2:31.98	2:45.81
7×7	Maggie Jordan	3:49.24	4:06.67
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	1:35.31	—
3×3 one-handed	Henry Savich	11.20	13.33

The PB harvest

98 set · 20 still standing

Srish Udayakumar — 3×3 single 8.02: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Max Henderson — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Dillon Peters — 3×3 single 10.77: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Max Henderson — 3×3 one-handed single 17.22: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Josh Bloch — 3×3 one-handed single 17.72: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Josh Ayres — 3×3 single 12.85: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Neal Bhatnagar — 3×3 single 13.03: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Devin Kennedy — 3×3 one-handed single 19.21: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

130 competitors · 350 results · 6 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. Ankush Hommerich-Dutt won it with a 9.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.