Competitions · United States

Santa Barbara Fall 2019

Santa Barbara, California · 28 September 2019 · 5 events · 86 competitors · 91 personal bests

Max Park won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Nolan Yiu by 0.13 seconds. 86 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Michael Buoni took a 2×2 single of 5.94 down to 2.60, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.13s

closest final — Square-1, Nolan Yiu over Jack Flynn Stewart

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	6.21	6.53
2×2	Christopher Lai	2.11	2.32
4×4	Max Park	19.41	21.78
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.27	9.92
Square-1	Nolan Yiu	9.86	12.65

The PB harvest

91 set · 49 still standing

William Li — 3×3 single 7.75: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jason Toth — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Daniel Yun — 3×3 single 8.68: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Jesus Flores — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Abhinav Pomalapally — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Michael Buoni — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Lucas Dailo — 3×3 one-handed single 18.16: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Jason Toth — 3×3 one-handed single 18.31: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

86 competitors · 343 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 6.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.