Competitions · United States

Volunteer State Cubing 2024

Knoxville, Tennessee · 24 February 2024 · 5 events · 125 competitors · 128 personal bests

Nicolás Sánchez won the 3×3 with a 6.83 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Matias Marcantoni-Nunez by 0.20 seconds. 125 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rakan El Hady set the 3×3 single national record: 6.31.

events decided

0.20s

closest final — 2×2, Matias Marcantoni-Nunez over Nicolás Sánchez

128

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicolás Sánchez	5.96	6.83
2×2	Matias Marcantoni-Nunez	1.49	1.79
3×3 one-handed	Eli Parker	9.81	10.48
Clock	Jasper Wolfe-Tham	3.04	3.89
Skewb	Dominic Redisi	1.92	2.43

The PB harvest

128 set · 45 still standing

Jacob Fanikos — 3×3 single 9.52: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Gage Coon — 3×3 one-handed single 17.31: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Liam Baker — Skewb single 4.47: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Jeffrey Nicholson — 2×2 single 3.08: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Wyatt Harrison — 3×3 single 12.48: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Rowan Gray — Skewb single 4.88: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Rowan Gray — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Wyatt Harrison — 3×3 one-handed single 19.43: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

125 competitors · 635 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 6.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.