San Diego Newcomers 2024


Date
Mar 16, 2024
City
San Diego, California, United States
Venue

UC San Diego

Address
Price Center, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
Details

Ballroom East

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Dylan Govic, Sherry Tao (陶心仪), Timothy Zhang (张学义), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Alex Lehman, Kyeongmin Choi, and Matthew Dickman
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Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.

This competition is a part of the WCA New Competitor Month initiative. Please refer to the WCA Newcomer Month Information tab for more information.

This competition is in partnership with West Coast Cubing, LLC

Events
Main event
Competitors
129
Registration period

Online registration opened Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC and closed Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 3:31 AM UTC.

Registration requirements
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Highlights
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Kyeongmin Choi won with an average of 7.28 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Joaquin Ruenes Hernández finished second (7.61) and Henry Helmuth finished third (8.49).

3x3x3 Cube Final

#NameBestAverageRepresentingSolves
1Kyeongmin Choi6.157.286.52 (6.15) (8.16) 7.89 7.42
2Joaquin Ruenes Hernández6.427.61(6.42) (8.91) 6.84 7.83 8.16
3Henry Helmuth6.728.497.20 (12.02) (6.72) 9.82 8.45
4Eric Yang7.438.94(10.25) 8.68 8.17 9.98 (7.43)
5Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind6.979.6810.29 8.21 (6.97) 10.53 (10.77)
6Elijah Franklin9.5810.2110.42 10.40 (9.58) 9.80 (11.91)
7Eli Krongold9.6910.5010.61 10.74 (9.69) 10.14 (12.18)
8Jun Roley-Arzaga9.8610.5411.24 (15.95) 10.25 (9.86) 10.13
9Franklin Pham9.2410.64(11.42) 11.40 9.95 (9.24) 10.56
10Dylan Govic8.4310.71(13.84) 12.00 9.82 10.30 (8.43)
11Dominic Shoji9.8911.1011.01 11.93 (12.10) 10.35 (9.89)
12Danny Song10.5811.1510.60 (10.58) 10.72 (14.00) 12.12
13Josiah Liao10.5811.62(10.58) 11.39 (11.99) 11.72 11.74
14Kyle Nguyen11.4712.1112.23 (12.62) 12.12 11.97 (11.47)
15Angel Muñoz11.8513.3412.14 12.21 (11.85) 15.66 (21.03)
16Alex Lehman11.6313.98(17.80) 14.84 (11.63) 12.80 14.29

3x3x3 Cube Second round

#NameBestAverageRepresentingSolves
1Kyeongmin Choi5.646.82(5.64) 6.85 6.70 6.90 (8.98)
2Joaquin Ruenes Hernández7.678.09(8.79) 7.73 (7.67) 8.15 8.40
3Henry Helmuth7.488.78(10.36) 9.39 (7.48) 8.23 8.72
4Eric Yang6.979.07(6.97) 7.66 9.57 (10.72) 9.99
5Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind8.479.309.71 8.61 (8.47) 9.58 (11.20)
6Eli Krongold8.659.62(8.65) 8.93 9.29 (10.70) 10.63
7Danny Song9.419.71(9.41) (10.28) 10.03 9.50 9.61
8Josiah Liao9.329.85(9.32) 9.88 9.60 10.07 (10.80)
9Jun Roley-Arzaga8.729.8910.74 9.78 9.15 (8.72) (11.20)
10Elijah Franklin8.4510.429.89 10.15 (16.17) 11.22 (8.45)
11Franklin Pham9.0610.469.97 (9.06) 10.35 11.06 (11.85)
12Dylan Govic8.5610.4911.48 9.69 (17.17) 10.29 (8.56)
13Dominic Shoji10.0312.05(10.03) 11.68 12.51 11.97 (12.57)
14Angel Muñoz10.5612.1111.75 (14.28) 11.86 12.73 (10.56)
15Kyle Nguyen11.9612.1912.03 12.06 (14.70) 12.47 (11.96)
16Alex Lehman11.3412.3012.55 12.41 (11.34) (13.63) 11.95
17Nathaniel Dorcas10.1112.71(16.25) 12.33 13.14 12.65 (10.11)
18Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra10.6112.8511.88 (17.76) (10.61) 14.94 11.74
19Alexander Watson10.8912.93(10.89) (16.22) 12.06 14.93 11.80
20Joel An10.1312.9913.47 13.22 12.28 (14.86) (10.13)
21Carter Lau12.0313.10(27.18) 13.05 12.28 (12.03) 13.97
22August Barnard9.0113.4013.67 14.18 12.34 (14.33) (9.01)
23Jesse Turner11.8213.54(11.82) (20.56) 12.63 13.70 14.29
24Timothy Zhang (张学义)11.7613.99(14.90) (11.76) 13.71 14.89 13.37
25Henry Nguyen11.4314.12(17.50) 12.97 16.46 (11.43) 12.92
26David Goldberg13.0214.82(13.02) 16.14 (16.20) 15.15 13.18
27Matthew Dickman12.4215.1714.86 14.69 (12.42) (18.11) 15.95
28Diego Rodríguez Rodríguez13.9015.5714.99 16.91 (13.90) 14.82 (17.23)
29Micah Isaiah McBride14.6815.6814.85 16.99 (14.68) (18.46) 15.20
30Hayden Bloomer13.7515.70(17.08) 16.09 (13.75) 15.01 16.01
31Adrian Cheung12.8115.7815.94 16.65 (18.22) (12.81) 14.74
32Sota Kurosaki (黒﨑創太)13.6215.9415.47 (20.65) 18.02 (13.62) 14.34
33Krish Banker14.2716.2519.17 (14.27) (19.59) 14.83 14.75
34Felix Kurlat14.2816.3517.33 (14.28) (17.37) 15.03 16.70
35Jacob Du12.6416.5617.34 (12.64) (DNF) 14.20 18.14
36Alejandro Gutierrez11.3316.6115.11 16.18 (11.33) (29.76) 18.54
37Lucas Edinger14.7617.33(14.76) 17.82 16.42 (19.56) 17.74
38Christopher Chiu16.0517.3516.83 (17.79) (16.05) 17.58 17.65
39Kyrstn Hall12.9917.61(12.99) 16.68 16.58 19.57 (21.48)
40Brendan Barraclough17.3417.8417.73 17.59 (20.08) (17.34) 18.20
41Daniel Weeks15.2518.0819.04 (21.44) (15.25) 19.86 15.34
42Kai Hernandez14.8718.13(21.63) (14.87) 20.11 18.12 16.16
43Ethan J. Huynh13.6718.16(13.67) (19.90) 17.96 18.47 18.06
44Evander J. Lawson12.8119.13(25.20) 18.49 20.95 (12.81) 17.96
45Hudson James Goley16.3719.4020.03 (16.37) 18.01 (21.21) 20.17
46Abigail Newlander15.0819.9622.26 21.16 (15.08) (25.54) 16.45
47Andrés Garduño Cárdenas15.7920.3123.02 (15.79) 20.80 17.10 (23.30)
48Adam Zamora15.5820.4120.79 16.98 23.46 (27.79) (15.58)
49Tyson Deza19.1820.6121.38 21.02 (19.18) (25.01) 19.43
50Rachel Castillo12.8820.82(DNF) 20.96 19.61 (12.88) 21.89
51Kiaan Bansal20.0021.0420.23 (24.65) 21.08 (20.00) 21.81
52James Jusay19.6621.5820.97 22.48 21.29 (19.66) (DNF)
53Elliott Jaiclin19.6222.0021.12 22.18 22.71 (32.34) (19.62)
54Wyatt Simonson16.7722.0317.86 (DNF) 22.63 25.60 (16.77)
55Noah Allen20.1322.12(20.13) 22.78 22.75 (23.40) 20.82
56Ronit Dingankar19.5222.52(23.90) 23.74 (19.52) 22.19 21.64
57Liv Coverdale17.5722.67(17.57) 19.92 (29.27) 22.26 25.83
58Siddhanth Gudimetla19.4522.7821.65 24.38 (19.45) 22.30 (27.96)
59Ean Luo15.5622.99(15.56) 20.95 25.18 22.83 (27.96)
60Andrew Meckert20.2723.26(20.27) (30.63) 20.59 27.73 21.47
61Michael Spainhour19.4823.4322.51 23.11 (DNF) 24.68 (19.48)
62Liam Jones20.1323.52(25.20) 24.38 (20.13) 23.19 22.99
63Knox Gardinier19.9823.8421.99 (DNF) 27.89 21.64 (19.98)
64Silas Dowers22.5023.8823.00 24.77 (22.50) (27.27) 23.88
65Nicholas Dorcas22.0324.1222.98 24.13 (22.03) (25.97) 25.25
66Declan Baca21.7024.87(21.70) 27.32 24.09 (DNF) 23.21
67Pax Willoughby19.5224.9026.63 20.85 (19.52) (30.15) 27.22
68Mark Liu19.2225.7024.98 26.59 25.52 (19.22) (DNF)
69Ali Umar Younas21.8325.7726.56 25.14 (21.83) (29.36) 25.62
70William Hur22.8725.9626.34 (22.87) 24.50 (30.53) 27.03
71Alexander Segal25.0127.5825.34 25.25 32.16 (35.12) (25.01)
72Taj Esquig25.9627.9827.27 28.47 (25.96) (DNF) 28.20
73Kenneth Hoang25.6129.16(33.90) 27.88 32.75 26.84 (25.61)
74Angel Claire Borja25.2229.3431.59 (33.93) 30.15 (25.22) 26.27
75Gerald Dager23.6829.4228.61 30.86 (23.68) 28.78 (34.10)
76Stephen Chavez21.7630.36(37.78) 34.42 29.98 (21.76) 26.68
77Sherry Tao (陶心仪)26.9731.1832.90 33.39 27.26 (37.73) (26.97)
78Gabriel Alejandro Ruiaz28.3832.25(28.38) 34.18 29.91 32.66 (39.83)
79Logan Govic18.5134.6328.75 44.58 (55.49) 30.56 (18.51)
80Avinash Lakamsani26.6934.6636.00 36.94 (39.87) 31.03 (26.69)
81Alexander Lo31.5734.9938.58 32.39 (38.72) (31.57) 34.01
82Prithiv Udhayakumar29.1135.0133.06 35.77 (29.11) 36.19 (39.31)
83Ryan Richardson30.2735.26(37.35) 36.04 36.39 33.36 (30.27)
84Dylan Boykin33.6235.62(33.62) 34.28 37.92 (40.60) 34.66
85Aaron Chavez26.3735.6838.18 (42.79) 35.73 33.12 (26.37)
86Jesus Joaquin Chavez27.3136.83(27.31) 34.94 37.53 38.01 (40.27)
87Swara Kashyap30.7337.76(47.94) 39.96 40.04 33.29 (30.73)
88Caden Fou33.1438.5537.58 (44.66) 36.67 41.41 (33.14)
89Alexander Gallagher35.3638.71(50.20) 41.44 (35.36) 38.36 36.34
90Abby Qatimi30.7342.13(30.73) (1:08.77) 42.55 48.00 35.85
91Michael A. Arguello Cervantes37.7942.9339.33 39.56 (37.79) 49.89 (DNF)
92Corbin Willoughby39.6143.1543.07 (44.49) 43.65 42.72 (39.61)

3x3x3 Cube First round

#NameBestAverageRepresentingSolves
1Joaquin Ruenes Hernández6.767.61(10.36) 6.81 8.46 (6.76) 7.55
2Kyeongmin Choi7.167.797.98 7.55 (7.16) (9.76) 7.83
3Henry Helmuth7.458.967.68 9.37 (10.13) 9.82 (7.45)
4Elijah Franklin8.149.22(10.71) 9.47 8.86 (8.14) 9.34
5Eric Yang8.509.278.99 (11.38) 9.38 (8.50) 9.45
6Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind7.759.6410.87 (22.64) 8.93 (7.75) 9.11
7Franklin Pham9.149.80(9.14) 9.18 9.52 10.71 (12.09)
8Jun Roley-Arzaga8.3310.1110.18 8.46 (8.33) 11.68 (12.93)
9Eli Krongold8.3210.179.74 (8.32) 9.82 10.96 (11.98)
10Dylan Govic9.0510.26(10.74) 10.24 10.11 10.43 (9.05)
11Josiah Liao8.9110.6111.11 10.61 10.10 (8.91) (12.93)
12Dominic Shoji9.6511.2011.30 11.20 (9.65) (14.29) 11.10
13Timothy Zhang (张学义)9.7811.34(12.63) 10.30 12.55 (9.78) 11.16
14Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra9.9711.73(13.29) (9.97) 11.11 11.42 12.67
15Alexander Watson10.8811.8710.98 13.21 11.43 (13.92) (10.88)
16Joel An11.0511.9212.27 (13.35) 11.45 12.04 (11.05)
17Danny Song9.6912.06(9.69) 11.58 13.42 (15.04) 11.17
18August Barnard10.3712.15(10.37) (13.90) 11.92 12.16 12.38
19Kyle Nguyen10.0612.60(13.67) (10.06) 11.84 12.31 13.65
20Lucas Edinger11.2113.3114.06 (18.81) (11.21) 11.40 14.47
21Hayden Bloomer11.6313.3213.34 (11.63) 13.56 (15.04) 13.07
22Alex Lehman12.8613.40(15.73) (12.86) 13.20 13.40 13.61
23Jesse Turner12.4813.74(15.43) 13.41 14.62 13.20 (12.48)
24Angel Muñoz13.4513.7614.00 (13.45) 13.70 13.59 (16.35)
25Lily Keefauver13.1713.9113.85 (13.17) 13.99 (28.32) 13.88
26Henry Nguyen12.3914.4413.73 14.51 (12.39) 15.07 (17.39)
27Carter Lau12.3314.6915.54 (18.36) 12.73 (12.33) 15.79
28Daniel Weeks13.2115.14(13.21) (18.48) 15.52 14.25 15.66
29David Goldberg13.4815.22(DNF) 16.23 (13.48) 14.13 15.30
30Nathaniel Dorcas13.6515.58(16.44) 16.11 14.56 (13.65) 16.08
31Jacob Du12.9815.6615.42 (12.98) 15.13 16.43 (17.71)
32Matthew Dickman14.5815.73(14.58) 16.63 15.09 15.46 (17.01)
33Kyrstn Hall12.1815.9415.70 (12.18) (17.34) 15.56 16.56
34Christopher Chiu14.0816.19(17.53) 14.64 16.76 (14.08) 17.16
35Felix Kurlat16.2316.5816.35 (16.23) 16.32 (19.26) 17.08
36Krish Banker13.4516.69(20.48) 17.91 17.00 (13.45) 15.15
37Andrés Garduño Cárdenas15.2116.7417.26 (15.21) (17.94) 15.90 17.06
38Brayden Burdick15.5416.84(27.31) 18.24 (15.54) 16.32 15.95
39Micah Isaiah McBride8.7016.8814.42 18.87 17.36 (8.70) (23.84)
40Brendan Barraclough14.2417.0416.26 (14.24) (19.87) 17.40 17.47
41Kai Hernandez14.0317.1915.41 (14.03) 19.05 17.10 (DNF)
42Adrian Cheung15.6517.3115.85 (21.85) 16.27 19.81 (15.65)
43Alejandro Gutierrez13.2517.37(19.60) 16.36 17.60 (13.25) 18.15
44Abigail Newlander14.1817.3715.47 18.04 (23.66) 18.59 (14.18)
45Rachel Castillo14.5618.0818.88 (14.56) (21.74) 19.33 16.04
46Ethan J. Huynh18.0018.35(18.73) (18.00) 18.05 18.38 18.63
47Evander J. Lawson14.4818.5616.57 18.75 (25.87) (14.48) 20.37
48Diego Rodríguez Rodríguez15.3918.90(15.39) 17.87 (33.01) 20.08 18.76
49Sota Kurosaki (黒﨑創太)15.6319.3219.90 17.94 (23.56) (15.63) 20.12
50Adam Zamora17.5719.32(21.69) 18.58 (17.57) 20.71 18.66
51Wyatt Simonson17.2420.12(28.71) 19.06 20.13 21.18 (17.24)
52Liam Jones18.2620.2518.40 21.28 (22.07) 21.07 (18.26)
53Ronit Dingankar16.8620.4216.94 20.96 (16.86) (23.65) 23.37
54Noah Allen18.5720.4319.31 19.88 22.11 (24.90) (18.57)
55James Jusay19.7521.13(19.75) 21.35 (23.42) 21.68 20.36
56Mark Liu20.8322.2922.01 (20.83) 22.46 (26.37) 22.39
57Miles Andrews18.2822.48(18.28) 23.01 24.78 19.64 (25.85)
58Ali Umar Younas20.6122.5120.67 (20.61) 22.01 (30.63) 24.85
59Nicholas Dorcas17.5322.58(17.53) 21.82 25.00 (DNF) 20.93
60Liv Coverdale20.8222.7522.04 22.28 (20.82) (25.58) 23.94
61Declan Baca21.9723.2022.79 (26.34) (21.97) 22.14 24.68
62Knox Gardinier18.4623.2624.56 (18.46) (29.50) 24.83 20.40
63Elliott Jaiclin19.0123.5323.03 (26.22) (19.01) 22.99 24.56
64Hudson James Goley15.7423.5723.97 17.51 29.24 (DNF) (15.74)
65Ean Luo21.5923.9923.59 (32.57) 25.55 (21.59) 22.84
66Tyson Deza17.4724.13(17.47) 25.77 (DNF) 25.57 21.04
67Silas Dowers16.7424.22(28.21) 23.36 (16.74) 24.83 24.48
68Alexander Segal17.8524.4619.46 28.75 (37.99) (17.85) 25.18
69Gerald Dager16.4625.2825.10 (37.79) 21.91 28.84 (16.46)
70William Hur20.2326.1126.32 23.61 (35.18) (20.23) 28.39
71Kiaan Bansal22.8426.20(22.84) 27.88 27.84 22.88 (DNF)
72Siddhanth Gudimetla22.7826.3324.84 28.25 25.89 (22.78) (28.95)
73Michael Spainhour16.9126.6329.76 (DNF) 26.86 23.27 (16.91)
74Pax Willoughby21.7327.1625.70 (21.73) 27.65 28.12 (28.35)
75Sherry Tao (陶心仪)26.0827.5527.66 26.99 (43.50) 27.99 (26.08)
76Amy Wang23.8927.7825.56 (33.69) 33.20 (23.89) 24.59
77Angel Claire Borja26.1328.1128.09 27.80 (26.13) 28.43 (48.57)
78Logan Govic25.6828.8526.92 (25.68) 32.18 27.45 (33.61)
79Taj Esquig25.1428.8829.52 28.84 (25.14) (33.84) 28.29
80Andrew Meckert21.2329.59(21.23) 27.44 30.02 (31.50) 31.30
81Aaron Chavez27.0631.19(40.87) 29.50 30.52 33.56 (27.06)
82Kenneth Hoang26.9531.35(26.95) 31.09 32.97 30.00 (34.29)
83Gabriel Alejandro Ruiaz26.8032.05(35.50) 30.87 (26.80) 32.59 32.68
84Alexander Lo23.0132.53(45.09) (23.01) 34.75 28.34 34.50
85Prithiv Udhayakumar20.4732.65(39.28) 36.61 35.59 (20.47) 25.76
86Stephen Chavez32.4233.1333.82 33.12 (40.76) 32.46 (32.42)
87Swara Kashyap23.8934.3136.32 (41.04) (23.89) 30.27 36.33
88Ryan Richardson30.6034.5237.41 (30.60) 32.01 34.14 (40.36)
89Dylan Boykin33.9834.99(33.98) (40.75) 35.71 34.71 34.54
90Kellan Bloomer32.5635.35(32.56) 38.29 34.14 (1:01.06) 33.61
91Avinash Lakamsani32.0835.7733.47 41.41 (32.08) 32.42 (51.34)
92Jesus Joaquin Chavez35.7038.1537.64 36.95 39.85 (35.70) (46.40)
93Alexander Gallagher31.9638.19(41.67) 36.77 40.61 37.19 (31.96)
94Caden Fou35.5539.47(35.55) (51.33) 38.25 40.19 39.98
95Abby Qatimi31.5240.6439.64 (31.52) 38.81 (DNF) 43.46
96Michael A. Arguello Cervantes29.3141.30(55.03) (29.31) 45.32 35.43 43.16
97Dean Carter36.9842.10(36.98) (47.45) 41.98 42.67 41.64
98Robert Kim36.7943.12(36.79) 42.01 (47.26) 44.38 42.97
99Henry Davis38.2143.20(49.25) 40.23 43.36 46.00 (38.21)
100Corbin Willoughby40.2244.9746.52 45.32 43.06 (40.22) (49.34)
101Dylan Chau41.5945.25(41.59) 46.00 (DNF) 43.75 46.00
102Anthony Hernandez39.2745.58(57.13) (39.27) 48.33 39.55 48.85
103Rylan Krut39.2645.5951.36 (DNF) (39.26) 43.55 41.87
104Isla Corrales39.3047.5344.53 (39.30) 53.19 44.87 (54.22)
105Garv Kanwar43.5547.7244.81 (58.41) (43.55) 52.79 45.56
106Shinyi Ouyang40.1348.66(1:11.58) 41.50 1:01.01 (40.13) 43.48
107Cameron Blalock35.7248.9248.46 52.59 (DNF) (35.72) 45.71
108Jonathan Lawson44.0149.80(44.01) 46.78 48.77 (56.75) 53.85
109Mazen Soussou41.5951.37(55.67) 49.60 51.08 (41.59) 53.42
110Wesley Gallagher45.7651.58(45.76) 46.69 (59.76) 58.88 49.17
111Niranj Rajanish46.9752.77(1:04.34) 49.33 52.18 (46.97) 56.80
112Jason Bradley49.8556.0457.02 58.32 (49.85) 52.78 (59.45)
113Travis Warwick45.1658.0758.16 1:03.11 52.94 (1:19.84) (45.16)
114Colton McLean55.221:01.741:06.85 (55.22) (1:14.68) 59.16 59.20
115Leo Clear58.621:02.791:06.48 1:00.16 (58.62) 1:01.73 (1:07.71)
116Connery Riel51.961:03.4756.04 1:20.76 53.61 (51.96) (DNF)
117Ellis Garcia48.241:05.681:12.27 51.79 (1:34.94) (48.24) 1:12.97
118Zoey Zamora57.291:09.15(57.29) 1:21.01 (DNF) 1:05.65 1:00.80
119Rodrigo Garduño Cárdenas1:04.901:12.63(1:04.90) 1:17.93 1:06.33 1:13.62 (1:21.12)
120Brandon Vinh52.851:17.831:08.73 1:20.80 1:23.97 (DNF) (52.85)
121Jonas Gibson1:03.441:19.081:25.35 1:16.77 1:15.13 (1:03.44) (1:34.75)
122Adam Gouda1:11.241:23.68(1:52.81) 1:25.44 (1:11.24) 1:12.80 1:32.79
123Kendra Dager1:42.951:57.152:00.05 (DNF) (1:42.95) 1:46.98 2:04.43
124Porter Dager1:38.692:07.442:19.09 (1:38.69) 2:10.44 (2:24.87) 1:52.79
125Evan Allen1:50.432:11.44(1:50.43) 2:20.99 2:06.64 (2:28.45) 2:06.68
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