Competitions · United States

Utah Newcomers 2024

Salt Lake City, Utah · 16 March 2024 · 5 events · 231 competitors · 177 personal bests

Eric Pesci won the 3×3 with a 7.60 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jacob Levie by 0.18 seconds. 231 competitors produced 177 personal bests, 102 of which still stand today, and 93 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adharsh Ramakrishnan took a 3×3 single of 1:22.73 down to 25.64, 69 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.18s

closest final — Skewb, Jacob Levie over Canyon Pettitt

177

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eric Pesci	6.68	7.60
2×2	Peter Augustine	1.35	2.13
6×6	Ty Baird	1:37.31	1:39.03
Megaminx	Anton Smolyanyy	37.68	41.48
Skewb	Jacob Levie	2.36	3.03

The PB harvest

177 set · 102 still standing

Thomas Webb — 3×3 single 6.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Travis Burkett — Skewb single 2.88: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Beckett London Turner — 3×3 single 9.50: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Max Willardson — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
James Travis Holt — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Alexander Harvey — 2×2 single 3.35: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Aiden Child — 2×2 single 3.46: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Benjamin Hirschi — Skewb single 5.63: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

93 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

231 competitors · 892 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. Eric Pesci won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

231 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.