Competitions · United States

The Battle of Lexington 2018

Lexington, Massachusetts · 1 December 2018 · 6 events · 106 competitors · 105 personal bests

Daniel Rose-Levine won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Daniel Rose-Levine by 1.31 seconds. 106 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alex Zhang took a 3×3 single of 36.26 down to 19.27, 47 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Daniel Rose-Levine — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Square-1

1.31s

closest final — 3×3, Daniel Rose-Levine over Nipun Kisari

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rose-Levine	6.31	7.86
4×4	Daniel Rose-Levine	30.43	32.45
5×5	Daniel Rose-Levine	58.10	1:05.69
6×6	Jeffrey Li	2:04.71	2:06.11
7×7	Jeffrey Li	2:46.13	2:51.08
Square-1	Daniel Rose-Levine	8.10	10.42

The PB harvest

105 set · 20 still standing

Dov Geoghegan — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Benjamin Tuttle — 4×4 single 37.48: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Ryan Crossman — 3×3 single 11.13: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Kyle A. Taylor — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Doherty — Square-1 single 13.59: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Nick Partridge — 3×3 single 13.78: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Jonathan Fontan — 3×3 single 14.80: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
Elijah Sippel — 5×5 single 1:30.05: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

106 competitors · 419 results · 6 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. Daniel Rose-Levine won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.