Competitions · United States

NovaCube 2018

Chantilly, Virginia · 10 March 2018 · 5 events · 188 competitors · 158 personal bests

Liam Chen won two of the five events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Liam Chen by 0.14 seconds. 188 competitors produced 158 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tyler McLaughlin took a 2×2 single of 12.85 down to 2.29, 82 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Liam Chen — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Liam Chen over Jonathan Tilahun

158

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	7.54	8.16
2×2	Liam Chen	2.14	3.20
4×4	Ray Bai	31.03	33.83
5×5	Sean Belke	1:01.94	1:09.19
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	28.24	—

The PB harvest

158 set · 60 still standing

Nat Baylon — 2×2 single 1.00: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Henry Savich — 3×3 single 6.54: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
Rayhan Cote — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Robert Mapp IV — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Reese Ludwick — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Ryan Farish — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Richard Dong — 2×2 single 1.65: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Ryker Holsinger — 3×3 single 9.10: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

188 competitors · 584 results · 5 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

188 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.