Competitions · United States

USC Cubing 2024

Los Angeles, California · 3 February 2024 · 5 events · 183 competitors · 148 personal bests

Max Park won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.06 seconds. 183 competitors produced 148 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yan Myo Aung set the 4×4 single national record: 37.09.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

1.06s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Mulun Yin (阴目仑)

148

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.98	5.84
4×4	Max Park	19.31	20.85
5×5	Max Park	35.23	38.82
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	6.80	8.95
Square-1	Brendyn Dunagan	4.71	6.00

The PB harvest

148 set · 57 still standing

Richard Jiankun Peng (彭健坤) — 3×3 single 6.67: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Ryan Gietler — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Arjun Warrier — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Daniel De Vera — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jordan Herman — 3×3 one-handed single 12.44: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Gavin Sillifant — 3×3 one-handed single 13.92: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Daniel De Vera — 4×4 single 37.72: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Bradley Chiu — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

183 competitors · 629 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 5.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

183 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.