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Nub Open Lake Forest 2024

Lake Forest, California · 15 December 2024 · 5 events · 134 competitors · 95 personal bests

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) won three of the five events (3×3, Megaminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jack Flynn Stewart by 0.54 seconds. 134 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Caleb Castro took a Square-1 single of 1:34.06 down to 30.38, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — 3×3, Megaminx, Square-1

0.54s

closest final — Skewb, Jack Flynn Stewart over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	5.98	7.09
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	24.75	—
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	31.95	32.99
Skewb	Jack Flynn Stewart	2.58	3.03
Square-1	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	7.01	8.43

The PB harvest

95 set · 46 still standing

Alexander Anikin (Александр Аникин) — 3×3 single 5.76: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Novaleigh Bui — Megaminx single 36.78: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Caden Pascual — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Aiden Burkholder — 3×3 single 8.95: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Grant Hutchinson — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Zhouzihan Shi — 3×3 single 10.49: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Adlan Darpi — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Will Calderon — Skewb single 3.91: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

134 competitors · 513 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. Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) won it with a 7.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

134 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.