Competitions · United States

CubingUSA Western Championship 2018

Berkeley, California · 15 June 2018 · 16 events · 157 competitors · 273 personal bests

Max Park won six of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Elijah Brown by 0.11 seconds. 157 competitors produced 273 personal bests, 78 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 5×5 average world record: 42.99.

Six wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — Pyraminx, Elijah Brown over Tyler Howlett

273

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.95	6.55
2×2	Christopher Yen	1.56	2.62
4×4	Max Park	20.53	22.89
5×5	Max Park	42.83	46.58
6×6	Max Park	1:24.13	1:25.49
7×7	Max Park	1:59.98	2:07.40
3×3 blindfolded	Ishaan Agrawal	23.20	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Andrew Nathenson	26 moves	28.00
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	10.35	11.00
Megaminx	Tessa Cookmeyer	40.75	49.53
Pyraminx	Elijah Brown	2.20	2.70
Skewb	Zeke Miller	2.75	3.78
Square-1	Brandon Lin (林博浩)	8.34	10.43
4×4 blindfolded	Mark Boyanowski	4:53.01	—
5×5 blindfolded	Riley Woo	14:26.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Graham Siggins	33 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

273 set · 78 still standing

Evan Mann — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Nathan Nakaguchi — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ty Marshall — Square-1 single 7.51: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Neel Gore — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Nitin Subramanian — 3×3 single 8.10: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — Pyraminx single 3.00: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Scott Weston — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Kyle Lin — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

157 competitors · 1258 results · 16 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. Max Park won it with a 6.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

157 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.