Competitions · United States

UCSD Winter 2020

San Diego, California · 18 January 2020 · 6 events · 137 competitors · 135 personal bests

Max Park won three of the six events (3×3, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) by 0.70 seconds. 137 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Owen Wilkins took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 2:18.87 down to 32.22, 77 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.70s

closest final — 2×2, Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) over Derek Hsieh

135

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.40	6.05
2×2	Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光)	1.90	2.62
6×6	Max Park	1:13.90	1:19.08
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	22.89	25.63
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	7.72	10.37
Megaminx	Michael Muething	46.29	49.23

The PB harvest

135 set · 55 still standing

Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) — 2×2 single 0.82: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.33: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Danny SungIn Park — 2×2 single 1.05: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Derek Hsieh — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Owen Wilkins — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
June Burkhardt — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Henry Helmuth — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Kyle Nguyen — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

137 competitors · 525 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. Max Park won it with a 6.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

137 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.