Competitions · United States
South Enough 2018
Santa Cruz, California · 13 January 2018 · 6 events · 64 competitors · 56 personal bests
Paul Mahvi won two of the six events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Nathan Nakaguchi by 0.35 seconds. 64 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Keith Maben took a Pyraminx single of 8.21 down to 2.81, 66 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Will Newhoff | 7.80 | 8.94 |
| 4×4 | Paul Mahvi | 25.89 | 33.81 |
| 5×5 | Paul Mahvi | 1:02.02 | 1:04.80 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Neel Gore | 22.46 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Derek Tat | 14.58 | 15.27 |
| Pyraminx | Nathan Nakaguchi | 2.62 | 3.88 |
The PB harvest
56 set · 16 still standing- Ryan Jew — Pyraminx single 1.84: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
- Keith Maben — Pyraminx single 2.81: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
- Jacob Posner — 3×3 one-handed single 14.75: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
- Christopher Lee — 3×3 single 10.24: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
- Christopher Wu — 3×3 one-handed single 16.14: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
- Aidan Costello — 3×3 one-handed single 16.18: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
- Christopher Sun — Pyraminx single 5.51: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
- Kehan Jin (金可含) — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
21 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
64 competitors · 285 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. Will Newhoff won it with a 8.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 F2 D B2 L2 B2 R2 F2 D2 U2 L U2 B L2 D R' B' F' R F D' - 2
F' D2 L2 U2 F' D2 B U2 B' R B2 F D2 L' D' R U2 L R2 - 3
U2 D' R L B R B R U2 R2 F' D' R2 F2 D2 F2 U' L2 U2 - 4
D2 B2 R' B2 L F2 L' U2 L2 F2 R' U' R2 F D2 R' B' R' F2 L - 5
R2 U' L2 B2 L2 D B2 D' B2 U2 B F2 L B2 F2 D F2 D2 R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
64 competitors- Aaron Paskow
- Aaron Swihart
- Aidan Costello
- Aidan Greathouse
- Aiden Deffner
- Alex Lim
- Ant Irizarry
- Austin Chen
- Bill Yuan
- Brandon Harnish
- Calvin K. Smith
- Christopher Lee
- Christopher Sun
- Christopher Wu
- Cole Colquhoun
- David Lin
- Derek Tat
- Devin Josiah Harvell
- Eric Yang
- Gabriel R. Morrison
- Graham Siggins
- Gus Bennett
- Henry McNamara
- Jack Leo Wilson
- Jack McLachlan
- Jacob Posner
- Jaden Ahn
- Jasper Wu
- Jayk Oberkirch
- Jeremy Fleischman
- Joel Kubacki
- Kehan Jin (金可含)
- Kehau McCarthy
- Keith Maben
- Kian Kwa
- Kyle Flett
- Matias Pissanetzky
- Matthew Nielsen
- Minsung Kim
- Nash Horton
- Nathan Agan
- Nathan Nakaguchi
- Nathan Wu
- Nayan Ramam
- Neel Gore
- Nitin Subramanian
- Noah Nakaguchi
- Patrick Ong
- Paul Mahvi
- Payton Eike
- Riley Woo
- Russell Bingham
- Ryan Jew
- Ryan Lee
- Ryan Yoon
- Samuel Low
- Shawn Azman
- Srishail Mukundan
- Varun Mohanraj
- Vivek Verma
- Will Newhoff
- Ziheng Shi
- Ziming Li (李子鸣)
- Ziqi Li (李子祺)
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.