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CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018

Houston, Texas · 27 April 2018 · 17 events · 113 competitors · 167 personal bests

Kevin Hays won three of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Dylan Miller by 0.06 seconds. 113 competitors produced 167 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Shane Rowland took a Megaminx single of 6:26.84 down to 2:26.29, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Kevin Hays — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.06s
closest final — 3×3, Dylan Miller over Jason Lee
167
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dylan Miller6.268.41
2×2Jason Lee2.352.90
4×4Kevin Hays28.3430.57
5×5Kevin Hays46.7949.19
6×6Kevin Hays1:32.441:45.17
7×7Mahith Bandi2:52.602:54.76
3×3 blindfoldedJeff Park23.82—
3×3 Fewest MovesAzhar Virani46 moves51.00
3×3 one-handedShonathon Collins14.5014.87
MegaminxDylan Miller1:05.681:15.74
PyraminxSeth Talbot4.235.03
SkewbRiley Norrid2.733.51
Square-1RJ Gohn12.1214.04
4×4 blindfoldedJosh Weimer4:00.52—
5×5 blindfoldedTimothy Goh6:16.30—
3×3 Multi-BlindTimothy Goh22 of 25 cubes · 58:24—
3×3 with feetTimothy Goh52.4355.91

The PB harvest

167 set · 54 still standing
  • Suzanna Sharpless — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Cho — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Oliver L. Lampson — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Jacob Ceccacci — Pyraminx single 5.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • Cameron Brown — Pyraminx single 5.30: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Carter Brown — Skewb single 4.68: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Christina Rowland — Pyraminx single 5.42: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Edward Lin — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 31 moves: into the top 17.4% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

113 competitors · 775 results · 17 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 8.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 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.