Competitions · United States

UCSD TritoNxN 2026

San Diego, California · 4 April 2026 · 5 events · 186 competitors · 156 personal bests

Max Park won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alan Rivera Bañaga by 0.39 seconds. 186 competitors produced 156 personal bests, 94 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Linus Jo took a 2×2 single of 14.68 down to 4.08, 72 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7

0.39s

closest final — 2×2, Alan Rivera Bañaga over Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰)

156

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.63	5.55
2×2	Alan Rivera Bañaga	1.33	1.74
4×4	Max Park	17.37	20.40
5×5	Max Park	35.39	38.92
7×7	Max Park	1:34.53	1:37.97

The PB harvest

156 set · 94 still standing

Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰) — 3×3 single 5.27: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Andrés Garduño Cárdenas — 3×3 single 6.70: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Justin Rhee — 3×3 single 7.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Aileen Vo — 3×3 single 8.02: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Eenzer Huang — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Eenzer Huang — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Ian Rhee — 3×3 single 8.67: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Emily Nguyen — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

186 competitors · 724 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 5.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.