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Competitions · United States

UCSD Summer 2017

San Diego, California · 11 June 2017 · 3 events · 66 competitors · 35 personal bests

Max Park won two of the three events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Max Park by 0.49 seconds. 66 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adam Mendenhall took a 3×3 single of 44.84 down to 18.41, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.49s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Max Park over Kavin Tangtartharakul
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.917.43
3×3 one-handedMax Park10.4911.79
Square-1Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)11.6015.23

The PB harvest

35 set · 7 still standing
  • Davion Wells — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Jaedan Cornejo — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Jordan Aguilar — 3×3 single 12.87: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Jaedan Cornejo — Square-1 single 19.35: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
  • Jaedan Cornejo — 3×3 one-handed single 24.93: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.
  • Adam Mendenhall — 3×3 single 18.41: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.
  • David Li — 3×3 single 22.24: into the top 46.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

66 competitors · 201 results · 3 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 7.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.