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Competitions · United States

NYU Winter 2024

New York, New York · 2 March 2024 · 4 events · 61 competitors · 70 personal bests

Carson Widjaja won the 3×3 with a 6.60 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zayn Khanani by 0.90 seconds. 61 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Joo took a 3×3 one-handed single of 26.70 down to 15.40, 42 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.90s
closest final — 2×2, Zayn Khanani over Ayden Dincher
70
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Carson Widjaja4.806.60
2×2Zayn Khanani0.861.07
4×4Alexei Sinyavin27.3329.31
3×3 one-handedMinghao Zhang9.8612.50

The PB harvest

70 set · 24 still standing
  • Chengyang Song (宋成阳) — 2×2 single 1.06: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
  • Jared Buske-Fehrle — 2×2 single 1.13: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
  • Alex Maass — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
  • Winston Cheng — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Joo — 3×3 single 7.26: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Yuval Segall — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Yuval Segall — 3×3 single 7.56: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Charlie Vater — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four 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

61 competitors · 324 results · 4 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. Carson Widjaja won it with a 6.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.