Competitions · Republic of Korea

Play Cube 2018

경기도 고양시 (Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do) · 13 May 2018 · 5 events · 105 competitors · 79 personal bests

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Junseop Kim (김준섭) by 0.15 seconds. 105 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 11.17.

Three wins

Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.15s

closest final — Square-1, Junseop Kim (김준섭) over Jaemin Chang (장재민)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	5.36	7.01
5×5	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	45.95	50.54
3×3 blindfolded	Gang Yong-Jin	55.52	—
3×3 one-handed	Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)	12.39	12.91
Square-1	Junseop Kim (김준섭)	8.66	8.92

The PB harvest

79 set · 19 still standing

Jung Hwan Lee — 3×3 single 5.12: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
Gang Yong-Jin — Square-1 single 8.99: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
YuSung An — 3×3 one-handed single 14.38: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Jung Hwan Lee — 3×3 one-handed single 15.83: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Junhan Park (박준한) — Square-1 single 12.03: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Lee Junu — 3×3 single 11.80: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Minseo Choi — 3×3 one-handed single 17.35: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Sumin Chae (채수민) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.67: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

105 competitors · 272 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. Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) won it with a 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.