Competitions · United States

Quabbin Newcomers 2024

Barre, Massachusetts · 30 March 2024 · 5 events · 91 competitors · 95 personal bests

Derek White won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ethan Zhuang by 0.00 seconds. 91 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

James Morrison took a 2×2 single of 15.84 down to 6.28, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Derek White — 3×3, 4×4

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, Ethan Zhuang over Quinn Maloney

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Derek White	7.46	7.95
2×2	Ethan Zhuang	1.13	1.76
4×4	Derek White	31.57	33.01
Pyraminx	Curtis Chai	2.65	4.02
Skewb	Saisabari Ramesh	2.55	3.60

The PB harvest

95 set · 45 still standing

Zachary Miller — Skewb single 2.06: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Margot Audero — 4×4 single 27.67: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Kevin Pertus — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Sam Cooperman — Pyraminx single 3.15: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Giulio Beniamino Ciampa — Skewb single 3.00: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Jude Veilleux — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Broden Gudbrandsen — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Dakota Logan — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

91 competitors · 527 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. Derek White won it with a 7.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.