Competitions · United States

Severna Park Showdown 2017

Severna Park, Maryland · 16 December 2017 · 6 events · 104 competitors · 130 personal bests

Sean Belke won the 3×3 with a 8.54 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Callan by 0.15 seconds. 104 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Freymann set the 3×3 average national record: 14.87.

events decided

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Will Callan over Luigi Soriano

130

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sean Belke	7.80	8.54
2×2	Will Callan	1.76	2.09
4×4	Chanoe Park	29.50	32.14
Megaminx	Ray Bai	49.79	1:00.08
Pyraminx	Michael Kaiser	3.41	4.78
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	9.01	9.64

The PB harvest

130 set · 31 still standing

Sean Belke — 3×3 single 6.02: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
Ethan Dennis — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Allan Beres — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Michael Kaiser — Pyraminx single 3.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Seth Windham — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Devin Kennedy — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Jason Ung — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Caleb Shim — 3×3 single 12.03: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

104 competitors · 517 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. Sean Belke won it with a 8.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.