Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
Competitions → United States → CubingUSA Western Championship 2024

Competitions · United States

CubingUSA Western Championship 2024

San Diego, California · 2 August 2024 · 16 events · 217 competitors · 419 personal bests

Max Park won six of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) by 0.03 seconds. 217 competitors produced 419 personal bests, 139 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 6×6 single world record: 58.03.

Six wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) over Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
419
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.216.45
2×2Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)1.101.78
4×4Max Park20.2722.74
5×5Max Park34.8236.36
6×6Max Park58.031:05.66
7×7Max Park1:44.771:45.73
3×3 blindfoldedGraham Siggins19.0820.75
3×3 one-handedMax Park9.7410.44
ClockEthan Yeh3.664.83
MegaminxKyeongmin Choi (최경민)29.8431.49
PyraminxMarcus Kamen1.782.20
SkewbTaj Bressert2.222.87
Square-1Max Siauw4.956.32
4×4 blindfoldedKyeongmin Choi (최경민)5:30.816:01.56
5×5 blindfoldedGraham Siggins3:26.12—
3×3 Multi-BlindGraham Siggins59 of 64 cubes · 58:42—

The PB harvest

419 set · 139 still standing
  • Ari Randers-Pehrson — 3×3 single 5.08: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
  • Vinícius Shaw — Pyraminx single 1.75: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
  • Jack Flynn Stewart — Square-1 single 6.36: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Franklin Pham — Pyraminx single 2.07: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Collin Oh — 2×2 single 1.38: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Flynn Wang — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Ian Lee Kim — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Andy French — Pyraminx single 2.93: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

217 competitors · 2549 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 6.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

217 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.