Competitions · United States

Ridge Cubing 2019

Basking Ridge, New Jersey · 6 April 2019 · 5 events · 93 competitors · 87 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniel Karnaukh by 0.30 seconds. 93 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Christian Girardy took a 3×3 one-handed single of 39.21 down to 16.29, 58 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.30s

closest final — 2×2, Daniel Karnaukh over Louis Meunier

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.31	6.42
2×2	Daniel Karnaukh	1.35	2.73
4×4	Patrick Ponce	26.00	27.12
5×5	Patrick Ponce	49.73	52.40
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	11.03	11.58

The PB harvest

87 set · 37 still standing

Vishantak Srikrishna — 3×3 single 6.46: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Zach Goldman — 4×4 single 31.60: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Nihaar Shah — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Luke Baylon — 4×4 single 38.67: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Lennon Okun — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Avinash Modi — 3×3 single 12.06: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Sujith Somayaji — 2×2 single 3.29: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Nestor Sokhan — 4×4 single 44.61: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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 · 398 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.