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Competitions · United States

Santa Barbara Fall 2017

Goleta, California · 23 September 2017 · 4 events · 80 competitors · 55 personal bests

Max Park won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Danny SungIn Park by 0.43 seconds. 80 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Odynn Daher took a Square-1 single of 45.39 down to 14.11, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.43s
closest final — 2×2, Danny SungIn Park over Elijah Brown
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park6.186.57
2×2Danny SungIn Park1.992.90
3×3 one-handedMax Park10.5611.26
Square-1Michael Young10.8812.50

The PB harvest

55 set · 19 still standing
  • Lucas Peters — 3×3 single 11.63: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Wyatt Daher — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Odynn Daher — Square-1 single 14.11: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
  • Vivek Pradhan — 3×3 single 12.89: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Reginald Carr — 3×3 single 13.53: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Hannah Kleidermacher — 3×3 single 13.74: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Odynn Daher — 3×3 single 14.68: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Matthews — Square-1 single 20.20: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

80 competitors · 246 results · 4 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 6.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.