Competitions · United States

Poly Cubed 2017

Pomona, California · 9 December 2017 · 4 events · 96 competitors · 70 personal bests

Max Park won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 0.14 seconds. 96 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Scott Weston took a Pyraminx single of 6.59 down to 3.47, 47 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Danny SungIn Park

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.16	7.80
4×4	Max Park	21.23	23.85
Megaminx	Isaac Langer	50.31	54.55
Pyraminx	Elijah Brown	2.34	3.16

The PB harvest

70 set · 18 still standing

Sean Saito — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Matthew Shore — Pyraminx single 3.36: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Brooklyn Schmidt — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Jin Kay Teo — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Jacob Carrasco — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Tristan Yoo — 4×4 single 42.86: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Eduardo Frausto — 3×3 single 12.96: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Brandon Tran — 3×3 single 13.27: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

96 competitors · 284 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. Max Park won it with a 7.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.