Competitions · United States
West Branch Summer 2019
West Branch, Iowa · 13 July 2019 · 7 events · 66 competitors · 86 personal bests
Zeke Mackay won two of the seven events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Simon Kellum by 0.07 seconds. 66 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Tristen James Connell took a 2×2 single of 10.84 down to 3.69, 66 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Zeke Mackay | 7.02 | 7.65 |
| 2×2 | Simon Kellum | 2.08 | 3.40 |
| 4×4 | Cale Schoon | 35.82 | 37.55 |
| 6×6 | Peter Weyers | 1:57.45 | 2:16.75 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Cale Schoon | 34.32 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Brody Lassner | 13.06 | 14.41 |
| Square-1 | Zeke Mackay | 9.71 | 11.84 |
The PB harvest
86 set · 42 still standing- Elaine Wang — 3×3 single 8.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
- Tim Sebolt — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
- Elaine Wang — 2×2 single 2.69: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
- Tim Sebolt — 3×3 single 11.65: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
- Ben Rogers — 3×3 single 11.70: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
- Phisher Winn — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
- Ben Rogers — 2×2 single 3.24: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
- Christian Fletcher — 2×2 single 3.52: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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
66 competitors · 401 results · 7 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. Zeke Mackay won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R2 D F2 R2 D B2 D2 R2 B2 U' L2 B R2 D' L' B2 R D' B D2 B' - 2
U2 L2 R2 F U2 F' D2 U B' F L B F2 R B2 F' L' - 3
D' F R D2 L2 D B' L2 D' F2 D' R' F2 B2 R2 D2 R2 L - 4
F U' F' L' D F' B R F U R2 U2 R2 U R2 U2 B2 U L2 U - 5
F U2 L2 F2 D2 B' L2 B2 U' B U2 L B' L' R2 U' R B L2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
66 competitors- Adam Holmes
- Aditya Suri
- Andrew Wilbur
- Ant Irizarry
- Ayden Paulsen
- Ben Rogers
- Brandon Mikel
- Braxton Lu
- Brody Lassner
- Brody Schoon
- Cale Schoon
- Christian Fletcher
- Christopher Billups
- Conner Glover
- Conner Huss
- Derrek Campbell
- Devanshu D. Dholakia
- Dominick Powell
- Dylan Porter
- Dylan V. Ascher
- Elaine Wang
- Evan Martin
- Henry Rusten
- Jason Jaeger
- Jason Kochan
- Jeffrey Kochan
- Jensen Birdwell
- John Gaynor
- John Nealy Thomas III
- Jonathan Moss
- Josh Crook
- Joshua Beck
- Keegan D. Long
- Lani Willrich
- Larry St. Pierre
- Leo Graziano
- Levi Russo
- Lewis Garthwaite
- Lewis Sutton
- Logan Bedenbender
- Lokesh Gupta
- Luke Brunsvold
- Marcus Kane
- Matthew Mullahy
- Maxwell A. Lightfoot
- Micah Wehler
- Michael Conard
- Michael Mullin
- Nicholas Grove
- Nicolas Bibik
- Parker Sherman
- Parker Sieck
- Peter Weyers
- Phisher Winn
- Ryan Davis
- Sage Seeger
- Saksham Gupta
- Simon Kellum
- Tim Sebolt
- Tristen James Connell
- Tucker Silliman
- Vivek Sharma
- Wyatt Johnson
- Xavier McNicholl
- Zach Metzler
- Zeke Mackay
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.