Competitions · United States

Saint John's Showdown 2024

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts · 27 April 2024 · 6 events · 88 competitors · 90 personal bests

Brian Johnson won four of the six events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brian Johnson by 0.16 seconds. 88 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Henry Alkire took a 2×2 single of 14.57 down to 5.76, 60 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Brian Johnson — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Brian Johnson over Krish Shah-Nathwani

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	5.93	6.27
2×2	Brian Johnson	1.21	1.71
4×4	Darren Saito	27.10	30.77
3×3 one-handed	Brian Johnson	10.00	11.41
Pyraminx	Brian Johnson	2.12	2.70
Square-1	Brian Johnson	5.33	6.22

The PB harvest

90 set · 39 still standing

Wesley Jones — Square-1 single 8.27: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Aaron Li — Pyraminx single 3.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Huy Thai — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Jaylen Myles — 4×4 single 35.81: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Miles Nguyen — 3×3 single 10.59: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Rijul Sharma — Pyraminx single 4.76: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Brendan Roy — 3×3 single 11.48: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Miles Nguyen — Pyraminx single 5.32: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

88 competitors · 526 results · 6 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 6.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.