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Poway Cubing Winter 2024

Poway, California · 20 January 2024 · 5 events · 106 competitors · 90 personal bests

Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) won two of the five events (Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) by 0.33 seconds. 106 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Abby Newlander took a Clock single of 23.41 down to 6.71, 71 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) — Clock, Pyraminx

0.33s

closest final — Pyraminx, Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) over Brendyn Dunagan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brendyn Dunagan	5.70	6.59
Clock	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	4.86	5.73
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	29.28	32.07
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.84	2.62
Skewb	Jack Flynn Stewart	3.04	3.25

The PB harvest

90 set · 19 still standing

Daniel Weeks — Pyraminx single 3.15: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Warren Choi — 3×3 single 10.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Saralina Schohl — Pyraminx single 5.29: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Meisha Fenex D. Santos — 3×3 single 13.04: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Hana Nakano — Skewb single 5.06: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Grant Ho — Skewb single 5.31: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Weston Gardner — 3×3 single 14.16: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
Payton Swearingen — Megaminx single 1:31.34: into the top 29.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

106 competitors · 471 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. Brendyn Dunagan won it with a 6.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.