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Penn Cube Day Spring 2019

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 20 April 2019 · 6 events · 95 competitors · 60 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sebastian Weyer by 0.20 seconds. 95 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Delaney Raines took a Square-1 single of 56.91 down to 18.80, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.20s
closest final — 3×3, Sebastian Weyer over Patrick Ponce
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sebastian Weyer6.247.42
5×5Brandon Nunez46.5554.13
7×7Alvin Yang2:24.962:34.18
3×3 blindfoldedPatrick Ponce57.49—
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce9.7111.19
Square-1Luigi Soriano7.369.80

The PB harvest

60 set · 15 still standing
  • Graham Lively — 3×3 one-handed single 10.76: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Hersh Shrivastava — 3×3 one-handed single 11.77: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Alvin Yang — 7×7 single 2:24.96: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Delaney Raines — 3×3 single 11.14: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Carl Sun — 3×3 one-handed single 19.97: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Yaroslav Luchko — 3×3 single 14.06: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
  • Luigi Soriano — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:35.69: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
  • Delaney Raines — Square-1 single 18.80: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

95 competitors · 339 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 7.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.