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Competitions · United States

Saratoga Springs Summer 2024

Malta, New York · 14 July 2024 · 5 events · 48 competitors · 41 personal bests

Chris Chi won the 3×3 with a 7.60 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Clem Tucker by 0.07 seconds. 48 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Justin Cawley took a 2×2 single of 6.38 down to 3.96, 38 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.07s
closest final — Pyraminx, Clem Tucker over Quinn Maloney
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Chris Chi6.377.60
2×2Ethan Zhuang1.291.56
ClockRex Ozsvath3.794.27
PyraminxClem Tucker1.182.19
SkewbQuinn Maloney2.443.18

The PB harvest

41 set · 11 still standing
  • Curtis Chai — 2×2 single 0.70: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
  • Quinn Maloney — 2×2 single 0.75: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
  • Jay Pharma — Skewb single 2.75: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Jay Pharma — Clock single 6.04: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Bohdan Yaryha (Богдан Ярига) — Pyraminx single 5.49: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Negoita — 3×3 single 15.39: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
  • Justin Cawley — 2×2 single 3.96: into the top 26.0% of the event's history.
  • Jackson Sobel — 2×2 single 5.06: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

48 competitors · 325 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. Chris Chi won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.