Farewell 2024 (and some statistics)

[snmcubing]

The first country to see 2025 will be celebrating the new year in about 5 hours, so I hope that whatever your personal new year resolutions or cubing goals are work out the best they possibly could, and that 2025 will be an amazing year for the entire community! I thought that I should share some impressive statistics shown throughout this year, and some fun highlights in between.

There were , and 32,000 new competitors competed officially! At these competitions, 58 world records happened! Here are the drops for all the NxN events (just for reference)

3x3 Single: 3.13 to 3.13 (0.00)
3x3 Average: 4.48 to 4.05 (0.43)

2x2 Single: 0.43 to 0.43 (0.00)
2x2 Average: 1.01 to 0.92 (0.09)

4x4 Single: 16.79 to 15.71 (1.08)
4x4 Average: 19.38 to 19.38 (0.00)

5x5 Single: 32.60 to 30.45 (2.15)
5x5 Average: 35.94 to 34.76 (1.18)

6x6 Single: 59.74 to 58.03 (1.71)
6x6 Average: 1:07.11 to 1:05.66 (1.45)

7x7 Single: 1:35.68 to 1:34.15 (1.53)
7x7 Average: 1:42.12 to 1:39.68 (2.44)

All of the Continental Championships went smoothly, these were the competitions and the 3x3 champions:

African Championship 2024, Cape Town
Daniel Rush - 7.54

Asian Championship 2024, Putrajaya
Yiheng Wang - 4.42

European Championship 2024, Pamplona
Tymon Kolasinski - 5.92

North American Championship 2024, Minneapolis
Max Park - 5.69 (International Winner: Tymon Kolasinski - 4.92)

Oceanic Championship 2024, Perth
Dwyane Ramos - 6.57

South American Championship 2024, Buenos Aires
Caio Hideaki Soto - 6.11

For 2025, we have the World Championship 2025 in Seattle, USA. Registration has already opened, and is split into 4 phases.

Overall, this is one of the WCA's best years, and from what I've seen a lot of people's personal best years too. I hope everyone has the best 2025 they can possibly have, and that the cubing community can grow. See you next year!

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

The first country to see 2025 will be celebrating the new year in about 5 hours, so I hope that whatever your personal new year resolutions or cubing goals are work out the best they possibly could, and that 2025 will be an amazing year for the entire community! I thought that I should share some impressive statistics shown throughout this year, and some fun highlights in between.

There were , and 32,000 new competitors competed officially! At these competitions, 58 world records happened! Here are the drops for all the NxN events (just for reference)

3x3 Single: 3.13 to 3.13 (0.00)
3x3 Average: 4.48 to 4.05 (0.43)

2x2 Single: 0.43 to 0.43 (0.00)
2x2 Average: 1.01 to 0.92 (0.09)

4x4 Single: 16.79 to 15.71 (1.08)
4x4 Average: 19.38 to 19.38 (0.00)

5x5 Single: 32.60 to 30.45 (2.15)
5x5 Average: 35.94 to 34.76 (1.18)

6x6 Single: 59.74 to 58.03 (1.71)
6x6 Average: 1:07.11 to 1:05.66 (1.45)

7x7 Single: 1:35.68 to 1:34.15 (1.53)
7x7 Average: 1:42.12 to 1:39.68 (2.44)

All of the Continental Championships went smoothly, these were the competitions and the 3x3 champions:

African Championship 2024, Cape Town
Daniel Rush - 7.54

Asian Championship 2024, Putrajaya
Yiheng Wang - 4.42

European Championship 2024, Pamplona
Tymon Kolasinski - 5.92

North American Championship 2024, Minneapolis
Max Park - 5.69 (International Winner: Tymon Kolasinski - 4.92)

Oceanic Championship 2024, Perth
Dwyane Ramos - 6.57

South American Championship 2024, Buenos Aires
Caio Hideaki Soto - 6.11

For 2025, we have the World Championship 2025 in Seattle, USA. Registration has already opened, and is split into 4 phases.

Overall, this is one of the WCA's best years, and from what I've seen a lot of people's personal best years too. I hope everyone has the best 2025 they can possibly have, and that the cubing community can grow. See you next year!

Thanks for the stats! Still waiting for Antarctic Championship 2026.