Competitions · United States
UIUC Spring 2018
Champaign, Illinois · 6 May 2018 · 7 events · 37 competitors · 46 personal bests
Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬) by 0.27 seconds. 37 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Spencer Chubb took a Square-1 single of 1:56.08 down to 42.31, 64 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 7.73 | 8.07 |
| 2×2 | Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬) | 2.44 | 2.58 |
| 4×4 | Weixing Zhang (张炜星) | 27.67 | 32.62 |
| 5×5 | Weixing Zhang (张炜星) | 59.14 | 1:03.54 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Andrew Vauter | 1:46.35 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Mulun Yin (阴目仑) | 12.87 | 14.36 |
| Square-1 | Edward Vakula | 11.14 | 14.39 |
The PB harvest
46 set · 15 still standing- Edward Vakula — 3×3 one-handed single 10.53: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
- Russell Roberts — 4×4 single 36.57: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
- Silas Miller — 3×3 single 12.43: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
- Landon Eckhold — 3×3 single 12.94: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
- Justin Badua — 4×4 single 44.44: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
- Daniel He — 3×3 single 13.43: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
- Landon Eckhold — 3×3 one-handed single 23.35: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
- Russell Roberts — Square-1 single 22.48: into the top 33.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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
37 competitors · 197 results · 7 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. Mulun Yin (阴目仑) won it with a 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B2 R2 D2 R2 F D L' R D2 B2 F U' L2 U' B' R' - 2
U R U2 L2 F2 B' R' U' R2 U R D2 R2 D2 R2 B2 L' U2 B2 - 3
R2 B' D2 F2 D2 R2 B D2 L' D' U' F' L' U' B' L' F' R - 4
R F L' D2 R' F2 U' R U' D' F2 U2 F' L2 U2 F U2 F2 R2 F - 5
D2 U2 F' U2 B' F2 U2 F' L B' L U2 F D' L' B' F U2 R2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
37 competitors- Andrew Vauter
- Anton King
- Carlos Garcia
- Christian Kim
- CJ Sheng
- Daniel Golladay
- Daniel He
- Dany Yaacoub
- Edward Vakula
- Fletcher Micheli
- Griffin Parsons
- Jaime Ontiveros
- Jake Buckley
- Jake Thomas
- Jhanlo Espedido
- Joshua Feran
- Justin Badua
- Justin Barker
- Kaiser Khawaja
- Landon Eckhold
- Luke Garrett
- Mike Skibski
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
- Nicholas Gray
- Nikhil Anderson
- Phillip Johnson
- Phisher Winn
- Russell Roberts
- Ryan Johnson
- Silas Miller
- Slater Metz
- Spencer Chubb
- Tarek Khawaja
- Weixing Zhang (张炜星)
- William Chrastka
- Yash Gollapudi
- Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)
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.