Competitions · United States

Rutgers Spring 2018

Piscataway, New Jersey · 31 March 2018 · 5 events · 154 competitors · 111 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the five events (5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Danny SungIn Park by 0.59 seconds. 154 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Thomas Rosky took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:26.49 down to 42.13, 51 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.59s

closest final — 3×3, Danny SungIn Park over Patrick Ponce

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Danny SungIn Park	6.05	7.39
4×4	Jonah Crosby	26.21	28.82
5×5	Patrick Ponce	52.80	54.79
6×6	Patrick Ponce	1:41.72	1:49.30
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	9.83	12.19

The PB harvest

111 set · 30 still standing

Brandon Delacruz — 3×3 single 7.41: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Vincent Macri — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Mike McNeill — 3×3 one-handed single 14.52: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Sam Schultz — 4×4 single 39.83: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Jack Galhardo Scott-Thomas — 3×3 single 12.54: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Zach Zwerling — 4×4 single 44.58: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Rohail Khan — 3×3 single 13.32: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Brian He — 3×3 single 13.61: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

154 competitors · 464 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. Danny SungIn Park won it with a 7.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

154 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.