Competitions · United States

Whale Sounds 2018

Dunwoody, Georgia · 27 January 2018 · 8 events · 91 competitors · 118 personal bests

Raymond Goslow won two of the eight events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.07 seconds. 91 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Eli Parker set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 7.97.

Two wins

Raymond Goslow — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet

0.07s

closest final — 5×5, Nicolás Sánchez over Katie Hull

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kieran Dizon	7.59	9.07
4×4	Katie Hull	29.96	33.30
5×5	Nicolás Sánchez	1:01.62	1:07.30
3×3 blindfolded	Raymond Goslow	1:00.45	1:11.48
3×3 one-handed	Eli Parker	12.48	15.09
Clock	Jacob Ambrose	5.25	7.38
Square-1	Kyra Joiner	10.92	11.95
3×3 with feet	Raymond Goslow	33.17	39.87

The PB harvest

118 set · 29 still standing

Derek Sears — 3×3 single 9.96: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Dat Dang — 3×3 single 11.20: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Loy — 3×3 single 11.61: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Derek Sears — 4×4 single 40.75: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Cooper Gates — 3×3 single 11.83: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Nate Hoffmaster — 3×3 single 12.18: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Minsoo Park — 4×4 single 44.51: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
George Jeno — 3×3 one-handed single 19.91: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

91 competitors · 423 results · 8 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. Kieran Dizon won it with a 9.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.