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Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024

Ballston Spa, New York · 30 March 2024 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 82 personal bests

Maxence Leboeuf won two of the six events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Evan Liu by 0.11 seconds. 70 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Evan Waters took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:00.89 down to 18.81, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Maxence Leboeuf — 2×2, Pyraminx
0.11s
closest final — Clock, Evan Liu over Angelo Terpening
82
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jacob Schwartz6.878.10
2×2Maxence Leboeuf1.682.11
3×3 one-handedCharles Amarello13.8414.71
ClockEvan Liu4.285.54
PyraminxMaxence Leboeuf1.962.45
SkewbEvan Liu2.304.54

The PB harvest

82 set · 35 still standing
  • Nicholas Houghton — 3×3 single 7.31: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Corrocher — Pyraminx single 3.45: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Brando Fusco — Pyraminx single 3.70: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Corrocher — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Charlie Uhl — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Zhong — 3×3 single 11.09: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Smith — 3×3 single 11.77: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
  • Asher Hart — 3×3 one-handed single 17.30: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

70 competitors · 368 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. Jacob Schwartz won it with a 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.