Competitions · United States

Santa Barbara Cubing 2024

Santa Barbara, California · 6 April 2024 · 6 events · 92 competitors · 82 personal bests

Brendyn Dunagan won three of the six events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Brendyn Dunagan by 0.05 seconds. 92 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adrian Ramirez took a Clock single of 28.83 down to 13.46, 53 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Brendyn Dunagan — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Brendyn Dunagan over Richard Jiankun Peng (彭健坤)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	6.33	7.17
2×2	Brendyn Dunagan	1.29	1.75
4×4	Brendyn Dunagan	25.99	27.98
3×3 blindfolded	Kate Grahame	1:58.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Brendyn Dunagan	10.65	11.33
Clock	Ethan Yeh	4.20	4.49

The PB harvest

82 set · 32 still standing

Richard Jiankun Peng (彭健坤) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.19: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Anna Parker — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Ryan Fong — 4×4 single 37.17: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Jack Waterman — 3×3 single 10.55: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Samuele Pedrocchi — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Anders Bogan — 4×4 single 38.58: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Huzayfah Mansoor — 3×3 single 13.97: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Kai Watts — 3×3 single 14.39: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

92 competitors · 444 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 7.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.