Competitions · United States

Poly Cubed 2018

Pomona, California · 20 October 2018 · 4 events · 93 competitors · 85 personal bests

Max Park won three of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 0.02 seconds. 93 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Reinah Lee took a 3×3 single of 46.45 down to 25.55, 45 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.02s

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	6.41	6.73
4×4	Max Park	20.45	23.73
5×5	Max Park	44.34	45.61
Pyraminx	Elijah Brown	2.66	3.43

The PB harvest

85 set · 30 still standing

Jonathan Sun — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Matthew Carlson — 4×4 single 36.76: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Shay — 5×5 single 1:06.80: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Matthew Harris — 4×4 single 41.37: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Nathenson — 4×4 single 42.00: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
William Li — 4×4 single 42.72: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
William Li — Pyraminx single 5.42: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Logan R. White — 3×3 single 12.66: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

93 competitors · 304 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 6.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.