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STEM Educ8 2018

Orlando, Florida · 24 February 2018 · 7 events · 69 competitors · 90 personal bests

Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sean Hartman by 0.04 seconds. 69 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Connor Smith took a 2×2 single of 13.95 down to 2.67, 81 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Sean Hartman over Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)6.207.55
2×2Sean Hartman2.122.56
4×4Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)28.5831.31
3×3 one-handedYi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡)11.9914.66
PyraminxSean Hartman3.944.40
SkewbSean Hartman3.424.35
Square-1Jared Balassaitis15.1817.26

The PB harvest

90 set · 36 still standing
  • Ethan Misteri — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Eisa Ahmed — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Heewon Seo — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Lewis — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Eisa Ahmed — 3×3 one-handed single 14.04: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Ethan James Bledsoe — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Graves — Square-1 single 11.88: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Duke — 3×3 single 11.05: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

69 competitors · 411 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

69 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.