Competitions · United States

Princeton Winter 2020

Princeton, New Jersey · 8 February 2020 · 7 events · 91 competitors · 87 personal bests

Brandon Nunez won two of the seven events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Parker Trager by 0.16 seconds. 91 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Santino Maiorino took a 4×4 blindfolded single of 15:06.00 down to 7:36.09, 50 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Brandon Nunez — 5×5, 6×6

0.16s

closest final — Pyraminx, Parker Trager over Daniel Goodman

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lucas Etter	5.72	6.35
5×5	Brandon Nunez	44.69	49.46
6×6	Brandon Nunez	1:21.67	1:31.08
Megaminx	Alexei Sinyavin	36.48	41.68
Pyraminx	Parker Trager	1.79	2.59
Square-1	Eva Kato	6.63	8.35
4×4 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:08.46	—

The PB harvest

87 set · 22 still standing

Lucas Etter — 5×5 single 47.64: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Jason Zheng — 3×3 single 7.78: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Cory Yurkovic — 5×5 single 53.36: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Lucas Etter — 6×6 single 1:38.63: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Jinseo Hong — Square-1 single 8.84: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Riley Callis — 3×3 single 10.25: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Tommy Szeliga — Pyraminx single 4.46: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Lauren Phung — Square-1 single 12.47: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

91 competitors · 412 results · 7 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. Lucas Etter won it with a 6.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.