Competitions · United States

Plum Puzzles 2024

Plum, Pennsylvania · 6 April 2024 · 6 events · 67 competitors · 77 personal bests

AJ Kamal won two of the six events (2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by AJ Kamal by 0.14 seconds. 67 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Emmett Dunn took a Clock single of 38.86 down to 16.64, 57 percent better in one day.

Two wins

AJ Kamal — 2×2, Megaminx

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, AJ Kamal over Sean Cutshaw

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Benjamin Pugh	7.15	7.56
2×2	AJ Kamal	2.16	2.60
3×3 one-handed	Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)	12.85	14.47
Clock	Caleb Kearney	4.43	4.66
Megaminx	AJ Kamal	37.56	39.27
Pyraminx	Mark Gowman	2.54	4.08

The PB harvest

77 set · 19 still standing

Jacob Tucker — 3×3 one-handed single 13.90: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Samuel Pottinger — 3×3 single 10.27: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Parin Kadam — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
David Wagner — 3×3 single 12.90: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
Owen Graham — 3×3 single 12.95: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Samuel Pottinger — Clock single 8.80: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Reed Strine — 3×3 single 14.30: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Matthew Froelich — 3×3 single 16.64: into the top 29.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

67 competitors · 392 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. Benjamin Pugh won it with a 7.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.