Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024

Twenty-six competitors assembled for an intense single-day showdown at Hearst Field Annex B5 on October 21, 2024. Staged in Berkeley, California, USA, the Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024 packed six high-stakes rounds across three dedicated 3x3 disciplines into a focused schedule. With narrow margins separating the top seeds and a compact roster loaded with experienced contenders, advancing through the brackets demanded exceptional consistency and speed from the very first turn.

The traditional 3x3x3 Cube drew twenty-five participants, making it the most heavily contested event on the schedule. With two complete rounds standing between the competitors and the title, the battle for the final round was fierce. Ethan Jan delivered the defining performance of the event, capturing victory with a blistering 6.69 winning average in the final. His decisive round also featured a tournament-best single of 5.45 seconds, setting a benchmark that proved impossible for the rest of the field to overcome.

Behind Jan, the chase for podium spots in the main event highlighted the strength of Northern California speedcubing. Heidi Chan applied serious pressure throughout the finals, locking down second place with a sharp 6.91 average. Calix Tang rounded out the top tier, earning the bronze medal with an 8.16 average. The standard of the final 3x3 results demonstrated how difficult it was to earn hardware, leaving several accomplished solvers outside the top three.

Calix Tang made a massive statement of his own by medaling in all three events on the roster, highlighted by a commanding triumph in 3x3x3 Blindfolded. Navigating the demanding mental discipline of memorization and execution without sight, Tang secured the gold with a fast 17.87 single. Anto Kam (甘浩東) claimed second place with a 19.69 single, while David Karalli (داود قراعلي) took third on the podium with a 26.42 finish, completing a competitive two-round blindfolded contest.

Anto Kam (甘浩東) stepped to the top of the podium in 3x3x3 One-Handed, displaying world-class dexterity across two intense rounds. Kam secured first place with an impressive 9.88 winning average and registered the fastest single of the event at 9.06 seconds. Ethan Jan added to his medal haul by taking the silver medal with an 11.62 average, while Calix Tang claimed another podium spot with a 12.77 average for bronze.

Away from the top of the podium, several solvers seized the opportunity to establish personal milestones at this WCA competition. Jimmy Kingston posted one of the sharpest improvements of the meet in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, logging a personal best single of 32.33 seconds that slashed 22.8 percent off his prior mark of 41.90 on his way to a fourth-place finish. Gavin Panfeng Jiang (江攀峰) tackled all three events on the card, recording his first ever attempt at 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a time of 5:56.20 and improving his 3x3x3 One-Handed personal best by 3.8 percent to 20.44 seconds.

Other competitors capitalized on the focused atmosphere to secure standout placements against formidable opposition. Zane Qureshi took on the Rubik's Cube and earned a fourth-place finish with an 8.44 average, while James Chea entered all three events and claimed fifth place in the main 3x3x3 Cube. Eric Che competed in blindfolded solving and reached a sixth-place finish, a placement matched by Cindy Xiaoyue Huang (黄小越) who also finished sixth in the blindfolded event. Meanwhile, Timothy Elnitiarta secured sixth place in 3x3x3 One-Handed across his two events, and Dylan Govic finished fourth in one-handed solving.

The overall medal standings reflected the international talent gathered at the tables, with United States competitors capturing seven podium positions and Hong Kong solvers securing two. By bringing together blindfolded, one-handed, and standard solving into a tightly run framework, the Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024 showcased the depth of modern speed cubing and delivered a memorable evening of racing.

As the equipment was packed away at Hearst Field Annex B5, the results reaffirmed the standard required to contend in Northern California. With every round pushing competitors to execute at their absolute limits, this cubing competition served as another compelling chapter in the 2024 season.