Competitions · United States

UCSD Winter 2024

San Diego, California · 7 January 2024 · 5 events · 168 competitors · 159 personal bests

Max Park won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nancy Liu by 0.02 seconds. 168 competitors produced 159 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alex Macias took a 4×4 single of 1:50.90 down to 52.95, 52 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Nancy Liu over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

159

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.81	5.28
2×2	Nancy Liu	1.14	1.80
4×4	Max Park	19.70	22.26
6×6	Max Park	1:05.54	1:07.82
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.54	8.90

The PB harvest

159 set · 49 still standing

Dan Tran — 3×3 one-handed single 8.71: into the top 0.4% of the event's history.
Timothy Elnitiarta — 3×3 one-handed single 8.71: into the top 0.4% of the event's history.
Jihu Mun (문지후) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.01: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.
Diego Isai Mijangos Flores — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Eli Krongold — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Vincent Benites — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Eric Yang — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Payton Swearingen — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

168 competitors · 713 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 5.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

168 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.