Competitions · United States

San Diego Summer 2019

San Diego, California · 31 August 2019 · 5 events · 96 competitors · 132 personal bests

Max Park won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jack Flynn Stewart by 0.10 seconds. 96 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) took a 2×2 single of 5.00 down to 1.52, 70 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Jack Flynn Stewart over Christopher Lai

132

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.76	5.84
2×2	Jack Flynn Stewart	1.55	2.22
5×5	Max Park	36.79	40.75
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.92	9.64
Skewb	Jack Flynn Stewart	3.39	3.62

The PB harvest

132 set · 50 still standing

Matthew Carlson — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Thomas Nguyen — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Scott Weston — Skewb single 3.23: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Nicolas Pini — 3×3 single 9.54: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Scott Weston — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Jesse Turner — 3×3 single 9.79: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Matthew Carlson — 3×3 one-handed single 14.84: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Jenna Gain — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% 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

96 competitors · 405 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. Max Park won it with a 5.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.