Competitions · United States

Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024

Charlottesville, Virginia · 4 February 2024 · 5 events · 109 competitors · 95 personal bests

Michael Nielsen won two of the five events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ryland Wilson by 0.66 seconds. 109 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Neel Nilesh Bhatt set the 4×4 single national record: 2:19.66.

Two wins

Michael Nielsen — 3×3, Pyraminx

0.66s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ryland Wilson over Brayden Adams

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Nielsen	6.14	6.61
4×4	Ari Randers-Pehrson	22.97	25.78
5×5	Ari Randers-Pehrson	48.52	50.99
3×3 one-handed	Ryland Wilson	12.57	13.66
Pyraminx	Michael Nielsen	1.65	1.82

The PB harvest

95 set · 24 still standing

Jacob Lee — 3×3 single 7.56: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Ari Randers-Pehrson — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Ty Yeager — 3×3 single 10.23: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Parker Drumheller — 5×5 single 1:07.72: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Anias Del Campo — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Tyler Mauck — 3×3 single 12.52: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Rafe Price — Pyraminx single 5.48: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Anias Del Campo — 3×3 one-handed single 19.24: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

109 competitors · 488 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. Michael Nielsen won it with a 6.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.