Competitions · United States

UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 22 October 2017 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 80 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Eva Kato by 0.78 seconds. 90 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

AJ Kamal took a Megaminx single of 1:34.20 down to 47.17, 50 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.78s

closest final — Square-1, Eva Kato over Tommy Szeliga

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.39	7.20
4×4	Jonah Crosby	23.05	28.43
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	32.10	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	10.03	11.28
Megaminx	AJ Kamal	47.17	50.48
Square-1	Eva Kato	9.38	10.07

The PB harvest

80 set · 16 still standing

Sam Schultz — 3×3 one-handed single 16.37: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Collin Case — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Sucheth Seethalla — 3×3 one-handed single 19.09: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Max Perez-Mas — 3×3 single 14.03: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
Kevin Coulter — Square-1 single 17.43: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Sean Stone — 3×3 single 14.35: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
Jansen Miller — 3×3 single 15.63: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
Sean Stone — Square-1 single 22.34: into the top 33.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

90 competitors · 429 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.