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CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018

Athens, Georgia · 13 April 2018 · 18 events · 114 competitors · 261 personal bests

Tommy Cherry won five of the 18 events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.02 seconds. 114 competitors produced 261 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Daniel Rose-Levine set the 3×3 with feet average world record: 23.69.

Five wins
Tommy Cherry — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Nicolás Sánchez over Daniel Rose-Levine
261
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nicolás Sánchez7.738.64
2×2Tommy Cherry1.491.79
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)28.0328.37
5×5Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)54.5656.34
6×6Jared Stinson1:56.652:01.38
7×7Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)2:42.902:58.03
3×3 blindfoldedTommy Cherry29.96—
3×3 Fewest MovesJacob Ambrose29 moves31.67
3×3 one-handedKieran Dizon11.4912.42
ClockCarson Claud6.367.28
MegaminxJared Stinson41.4647.48
PyraminxZachary Ochs2.473.35
SkewbKevin Min3.403.93
Square-1Tommy Cherry8.5110.18
4×4 blindfoldedTommy Cherry4:31.26—
5×5 blindfoldedTommy Cherry12:54.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindRaymond Goslow13 of 15 cubes · 57:36—
3×3 with feetDaniel Rose-Levine21.1123.69

The PB harvest

261 set · 54 still standing
  • Tommy Cherry — 2×2 single 0.69: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
  • Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3 one-handed single 10.17: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • John Albright — Pyraminx single 2.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Wannamaker — 3×3 one-handed single 11.83: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Anna L. Halsdorf — 3×3 single 9.56: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Andres Alvarez — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Andres Alvarez — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Ian Symonds — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

114 competitors · 1342 results · 18 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.