Competitions · United States

Potomac Speedcubing 2020

Potomac, Maryland · 11 January 2020 · 5 events · 94 competitors · 90 personal bests

Ray Bai won two of the five events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Will Callan by 0.08 seconds. 94 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hussein Abdulwahid set the 4×4 single national record: 2:00.67.

Two wins

Ray Bai — 4×4, 5×5

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Will Callan over Sean Belke

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Will Callan	8.16	8.32
4×4	Ray Bai	27.80	32.70
5×5	Ray Bai	58.96	1:01.55
7×7	Sean Belke	2:50.44	2:56.19
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	9.73	11.40

The PB harvest

90 set · 26 still standing

Deniz Atak — 4×4 single 34.09: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Jialin Jia (贾佳林) — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Mehdi Ibrahim — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Jake Jones — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Josh Morrison — 4×4 single 38.95: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Lucinda Zhou — 5×5 single 1:10.44: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Josh Morrison — 5×5 single 1:23.21: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Christian Gingrich — 4×4 single 48.33: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

94 competitors · 376 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. Will Callan won it with a 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.