Do You Remember San Diego 2024

Nineteen point sixty-four seconds was all the time Graham Siggins required to seal victory in the fastest event on the schedule at Do You Remember San Diego 2024. Staged on September 21, 2024, at a private residence in Oceanside, California, USA, the gathering focused on memory-intensive speedcubing disciplines. Siggins set the standard immediately during the 3x3x3 Blindfolded contest, putting together a decisive 19.64 single in the final round to lead the field after posting a 18.39 single in an earlier round.

The 3x3 results in the blind discipline demonstrated high-caliber solving throughout the two rounds of competition. Kyeongmin Choi claimed the second spot on the podium with a best single of 41.51 seconds, complemented by a round mark of 38.71. Alvin Liu secured third place with a 54.01 single, having previously produced a 41.46 effort. Competitors tackling the Rubik's Cube without visual aid faced rigorous demands, with multiple entrants recording distinct single marks across the rounds.

The 3x3x3 Blindfolded division featured 16 competitors vying across two rounds at this dedicated WCA competition. Beyond the podium finishers, Kate Grahame delivered a strong showing with a 1:02.84 single and a 1:15.39 average. Richard Anthony Parada advanced through the bracket with a 1:11.77 single and a 1:37.65 average, while Ryan Fong posted a 1:13.06 single. Dylan Trueblood registered a 1:15.12, Abhimanyu Singhal logged a 1:33.91, Vinícius Shaw scored a 1:42.18, and Matthew Dickman reached a 1:46.08.

Do You Remember San Diego 2024 brought together a concentrated field of 18 competitors who took on four specialized events spanning five total rounds. Speed cubing under blind conditions requires intense mental preparation, memorizing piece orientations before donning a blindfold. The compact Oceanside venue provided the focused setting needed for these memory challenges, offering a tight schedule dedicated entirely to big cubes and multi-cube variants.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several solvers achieved significant personal milestones. Vinícius Shaw delivered a major breakthrough in 4x4x4 Blindfolded with a personal best of 9:08.57, taking 32.2 percent off his previous benchmark, alongside a 3 percent improvement in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind with a 4/5 result in 32:46. Richard Anthony Parada trimmed 12.8 percent from his 5x5x5 Blindfolded personal best by recording a time of 21:51.00. Hime Arellano registered a 9/12 solve in 49:40 for a 3x3x3 Multi-Blind personal best that was 6.1 percent faster.

Other competitors took on demanding multi-event schedules across the day. Dylan Trueblood entered all 4 events and secured a 6th place finish in 3x3x3 Blindfolded. Vsevolod Rozanov tackled 3 events, locking in a 7th place result in 5x5x5 Blindfolded and achieving a 3x3x3 Multi-Blind personal best of 5/6 in 52:54. Abhimanyu Singhal completed 3 events, earning 8th place in 4x4x4 Blindfolded. Ryan Fong took on 4 events and placed 4th in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, while Jack Flynn Stewart also contested 4 events, finishing 7th in 5x5x5 Blindfolded.

The endurance test of 3x3x3 Multi-Blind proved to be an exceptional showcase for Graham Siggins, who solved an astonishing 60 out of 64 cubes within a time of 58:32. Alvin Liu claimed the runner-up position by successfully completing 11 out of 12 cubes in 53:27. Kate Grahame rounded out the podium in third place, navigating 10 out of 11 cubes in 56:16 during the single round that tested all 18 entrants.

Siggins extended his dominance across the larger puzzles, completing an absolute sweep of the weekend. In the 4x4x4 Blindfolded event, Siggins took first place with a single of 1:40.37, finishing ahead of Cary Huang in second at 4:28.19 and Kyeongmin Choi in third at 4:41.79. Moving up to the 5x5x5 Blindfolded event, Siggins won with a 3:44.09 single, while Cary Huang took second place with 10:24.00 and Michael Young captured third place in 14:16.00.

By the conclusion of Do You Remember San Diego 2024, competitors from the USA had earned 10 podium positions, with Korean solvers capturing the remaining 2 podium places. The single-day gathering stood out as a remarkable display of mental stamina and speed, bringing the 2024 cubing competition season in Southern California another memorable chapter in blindfolded mastery.