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Scranton Scramble 2020

Dunmore, Pennsylvania · 18 January 2020 · 11 events · 90 competitors · 96 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniel Karnaukh by 0.05 seconds. 90 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maddie Clemmons took a Clock single of 20.46 down to 11.12, 46 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Daniel Karnaukh over Will Callan
96
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Keaton Ellis5.987.28
2×2Daniel Karnaukh1.471.89
4×4Patrick Ponce26.2329.95
5×5Patrick Ponce44.6247.90
6×6Benjamin Wei1:29.961:36.60
7×7Benjamin Wei2:06.262:09.47
3×3 blindfoldedChristopher Sun43.8753.34
ClockEvan Liu5.506.80
MegaminxPatrick Ponce38.7142.53
Square-1Daniel Karnaukh6.169.10
4×4 blindfoldedChristopher Sun4:45.71—

The PB harvest

96 set · 27 still standing
  • Hersh Shrivastava — 3×3 single 8.20: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Coulter — 4×4 single 34.49: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Knoll — Square-1 single 11.15: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Hersh Shrivastava — 4×4 single 37.10: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Max Blevins — 5×5 single 1:07.03: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Max Blevins — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Keenan Johnson — Clock single 7.63: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Calvin Bareiss — 3×3 single 13.56: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

90 competitors · 614 results · 11 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 7.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.