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Superior Cubing - Duluth 2019

Duluth, Minnesota · 5 October 2019 · 7 events · 41 competitors · 42 personal bests

Christopher Olson won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christopher Olson by 0.01 seconds. 41 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Stulken took a 6×6 single of 3:49.31 down to 2:25.56, 37 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Christopher Olson — 3×3, 2×2
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Christopher Olson over Carter Kucala
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Christopher Olson6.388.90
2×2Christopher Olson1.161.85
5×5Carter Kucala56.6459.62
6×6Walker Welch1:51.161:59.90
ClockJoshua Feran5.366.51
MegaminxTyler Robinson44.9249.23
4×4 blindfoldedJoshua Feran6:49.577:58.14

The PB harvest

42 set · 16 still standing
  • Christopher Olson — 3×3 single 6.38: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
  • Tristan Hastings — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Stulken — 5×5 single 1:08.13: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Evie Klein — 5×5 single 1:19.75: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Nolan Kohn — 2×2 single 3.74: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Stulken — 6×6 single 2:25.56: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
  • Evie Klein — 6×6 single 2:44.59: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
  • Jack Rimstad — 2×2 single 4.82: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

41 competitors · 213 results · 7 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. Christopher Olson won it with a 8.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.