Competitions · United States

The Battle of Lexington 2024

Lexington, Massachusetts · 27 January 2024 · 6 events · 86 competitors · 72 personal bests

Joshua Broderick Phillips won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Brendan Lee by 0.28 seconds. 86 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Garofolo took a Skewb single of 32.09 down to 14.03, 56 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Joshua Broderick Phillips — 3×3, 4×4

0.28s

closest final — Skewb, Brendan Lee over Justin Lee

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joshua Broderick Phillips	6.02	7.30
4×4	Joshua Broderick Phillips	30.48	35.02
Clock	Chris Sutedja	4.76	5.20
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	30.05	31.94
Skewb	Brendan Lee	3.00	3.76
Square-1	Elijah Rain Phelps	6.64	7.98

The PB harvest

72 set · 27 still standing

Gabriel Garber Burd — 3×3 single 5.87: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Yijun Han — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Chris Sutedja — Clock single 4.76: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Jonas Kraijesteijn — 3×3 single 8.61: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Gabriel Garber Burd — Square-1 single 9.46: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Ryan Durette — Megaminx single 1:01.57: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Noah Tarkan — 3×3 single 11.52: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Logan Alcott — 3×3 single 11.63: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

86 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. Joshua Broderick Phillips won it with a 7.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.