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Penn Cube Day Winter 2018

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 4 February 2018 · 6 events · 75 competitors · 90 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Tommy Szeliga by 0.07 seconds. 75 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sameer Sethuram took a 5×5 single of 2:34.18 down to 1:23.85, 46 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.07s
closest final — Square-1, Tommy Szeliga over Daniel Karnaukh
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce5.707.26
4×4Patrick Ponce26.1628.53
5×5Patrick Ponce49.9751.28
6×6Patrick Ponce1:38.201:42.94
7×7Benjamin Wei2:38.142:43.54
Square-1Tommy Szeliga8.198.61

The PB harvest

90 set · 8 still standing
  • Rex Roche — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Sam Myung — 5×5 single 1:09.30: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Berkay Yilmaz — 3×3 single 13.19: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Corey Sakowski — 7×7 single 3:29.93: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
  • Sam Myung — 7×7 single 3:34.84: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
  • Noah Lobell — 3×3 single 14.51: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Mateo Torres — 4×4 single 59.85: into the top 36.3% of the event's history.
  • Pranav Trivedi — 3×3 single 31.69: into the top 65.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

75 competitors · 317 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.