Competitions · United States

TF3I San Diego 2017

San Diego, California · 5 November 2017 · 4 events · 140 competitors · 92 personal bests

Max Park won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Max Park by 1.23 seconds. 140 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Max Park set the 3×3 average continental record: 6.24.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

1.23s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Max Park over Kavin Tangtartharakul

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.72	6.24
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.68	10.39
Megaminx	Henry Helmuth	1:02.13	1:10.36
Square-1	Michael Young	9.30	11.45

The PB harvest

92 set · 30 still standing

Matthew Shore — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Pilan Scruggs — 3×3 one-handed single 14.96: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Gary Song — 3×3 one-handed single 16.00: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Christopher Holland — 3×3 single 11.08: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Kendrake Tsui — 3×3 single 11.34: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Timothy Chang — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Ethan Vovan — 3×3 one-handed single 17.27: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Raymond Langford — 3×3 single 12.29: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 363 results · 4 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. Max Park won it with a 6.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.