Competitions · United States

Utah Snowball Bash 2018

Salt Lake City, Utah · 1 December 2018 · 8 events · 104 competitors · 131 personal bests

Jordan Mosakowski won four of the eight events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jordan Mosakowski by 0.25 seconds. 104 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Preston Duke took a 3×3 single of 33.96 down to 13.30, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Jordan Mosakowski — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.25s

closest final — 3×3, Jordan Mosakowski over Thomas Kohann

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jordan Mosakowski	7.48	9.54
2×2	Eric Pesci	2.97	3.46
4×4	Isaac Myers	38.52	40.43
5×5	Jordan Mosakowski	1:02.07	1:07.56
6×6	Jordan Mosakowski	2:02.66	2:09.65
7×7	Jordan Mosakowski	3:18.82	3:36.98
Clock	Samuel Baird	5.96	7.28
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	7.07	9.84

The PB harvest

131 set · 31 still standing

Jordan Mosakowski — 2×2 single 1.18: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Jeidun Duncan — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Thomas Kohann — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jon Meilstrup — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Mason Klewin — Clock single 6.36: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Ava Winters — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Matthew Taylor — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Jon Meilstrup — 5×5 single 1:15.29: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 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

104 competitors · 424 results · 8 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. Jordan Mosakowski won it with a 9.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.