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Thanks Four The Invite 2018

San Diego, California · 13 January 2018 · 5 events · 132 competitors · 101 personal bests

Max Park won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Kevin Hays by 0.04 seconds. 132 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 9.99.

Three wins
Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.04s
closest final — 6×6, Kevin Hays over Max Park
101
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park6.186.80
5×5Max Park39.4244.99
6×6Kevin Hays1:32.901:36.20
7×7Kevin Hays2:08.652:17.18
3×3 one-handedMax Park9.5311.50

The PB harvest

101 set · 37 still standing
  • Jacob Holladay — 3×3 one-handed single 13.23: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
  • Maxwell Landes — 3×3 single 9.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Tris Yun — 3×3 single 9.35: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Eric Utomo — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Jaden Smith — 3×3 one-handed single 16.25: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Scott Weston — 3×3 one-handed single 16.43: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
  • Kelsey Rexford — 3×3 single 13.07: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Jack Purdum — 3×3 one-handed single 19.34: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

132 competitors · 382 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. Max Park won it with a 6.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

132 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.