Competitions · United States

St. Augustine 2024

St. Augustine, Florida · 14 December 2024 · 5 events · 95 competitors · 112 personal bests

Vishwa Sankar won two of the five events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alexander Persaud by 0.05 seconds. 95 competitors produced 112 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

Jiana X. Li took a 2×2 single of 11.65 down to 4.49, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Vishwa Sankar — 5×5, 6×6

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Alexander Persaud over Tommy Cherry

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Persaud	6.38	7.14
2×2	Tommy Cherry	0.97	1.35
4×4	Carter Bitz	24.96	28.01
5×5	Vishwa Sankar	48.35	51.24
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:23.69	1:26.84

The PB harvest

112 set · 54 still standing

Owen Brooks — 4×4 single 24.98: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Kellan Butler — 3×3 single 6.91: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Santino Maiorino — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Pranav Kulkarni — 5×5 single 50.87: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jonathan Pike — 3×3 single 8.10: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Jonathan Pike — 4×4 single 32.41: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Brian Zhou — 3×3 single 9.00: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
William Quiroga — 3×3 single 9.11: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

95 competitors · 417 results · 5 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. Alexander Persaud won it with a 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.