SCU I: May the Fourth Be With You 2025
- Date
- May 4, 2025
- City
- Santa Clara, California, United States
- Venue
Santa Clara University
- Address
- 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053
- Details
Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation (SCDI Building, 3rd Floor, Rooms 3115 & 3116)
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Robert Alan Marks and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Calvin Nielson, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Nolan Yiu, and Ruby Lu (卢红)
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and Speedcubeshop.
- Current SCU students may register for free by sending Professor Marks (rmarks@scu.edu) an email from their @scu.edu account prior to registering with this site.
- If we run ahead of schedule, we will start first round events no earlier than 20 minutes, so please show up at least 20 minutes before your first event.
- We will be assigning judging assignments to competitors for the group before or after their own competing groups.
- Please inspect the schedule for this competition carefully before registering. In particular, note that there is a 4-5 hour gap between the first rounds and final rounds so that we can hold the multi-location Fewest Moves Challenge (FMC) Western Championship. Better yet, if you would like to participate in FMC, it will be held in the same location and can be registered for here.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 35
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $12 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
All competitors (of any age) must complete and sign Santa Clara University's release of liability form.
One form can be used for both this competition and the FMC competition occuring on the same day at Santa Clara University.
The form can be submitted by:
(1) Preferred: emailing a scanned in and signed copy to Robert Marks (rmarks@scu.edu) as soon as possible. (You can even submit it before registration opens.)
(2) Bringing a signed paper copy of the form to the competition.
(3) If you forget, blank forms will be available at the competition, but they must be completed before you can participate in the competition.
If you are a minor (under age 18), your parent or legal guardian must complete the form.
If you are a minor, you must be accompanied by an adult at the competition.Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may update their registration BEFORE registration closes. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in, although it is not encouraged.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Waitlist: PLEASE CHECK THE COMPETITOR TAB ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO SEE HOW MANY COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
If Registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In order to get on the waitlist, you must register and pay. You are not on the waitlist until you pay the registration fee. If you do not make it off of the waitlist, you will be fully refunded. If a competitor drops out, the first person on the waitlist will replace them. People can be replaced up until the registration close date indicated above.
In a catastrophic event where the event will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 95% registration refunds.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Trevor Mendelson won with an average of 7.92 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ruby Lu (卢红) finished second (8.31) and An Le finished third (8.64).
Akhil Kathirvel - India WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 35 | 45.81 | 1:00.33 | India | 45.81 | 1:13.23 | DNF | 49.03 | 58.74 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 20 | 1:33.79 | 1:53.92 | India | 1:33.79 | 1:46.74 | 2:13.03 | 2:04.64 | 1:50.38 | |||
Alison Ferrer - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 22 | 17.03 | 19.78 | United States | 33.37 | 18.33 | 17.03 | 22.57 | 18.44 | |||
An Le - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 3 | 7.70 | 8.64 | United States | 8.72 | 8.45 | 9.74 | 7.70 | 8.76 | |||
| First round | 5 | 7.04 | 9.74 | United States | 8.48 | 8.00 | 12.73 | DNF | 7.04 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 1 | 30.03 | 32.09 | United States | 30.87 | 35.14 | 30.27 | 30.03 | 36.39 | |||
| First round | 1 | 30.76 | 31.63 | United States | 31.37 | 30.76 | 31.74 | 31.77 | 31.94 | ||||
Andrew Tay - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 31 | 29.25 | 36.98 | United States | 41.45 | 29.25 | 36.96 | 32.53 | 53.06 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 25 | 2:19.14 | 2:33.58 | United States | 2:52.54 | 2:39.43 | 2:19.14 | 2:27.14 | 2:34.16 | |||
Anrui Zhang - China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 24 | 21.56 | 24.53 | China | 24.74 | 24.78 | 21.56 | 24.08 | 24.85 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 24 | 2:08.94 | 2:32.54 | China | 2:31.85 | 2:45.30 | 2:08.94 | 2:20.48 | 2:48.43 | |||
Anshika Nandan - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 12 | 9.49 | 12.24 | United States | 12.82 | 11.92 | 13.37 | 11.98 | 9.49 | |||
| First round | 10 | 10.38 | 11.10 | United States | 10.77 | 11.01 | 14.47 | 11.51 | 10.38 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 14 | 57.98 | 1:01.93 | United States | 1:05.82 | 1:00.36 | 57.98 | 1:15.59 | 59.60 | |||
Ben Streeter - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 11 | 10.08 | 12.07 | United States | 12.73 | 11.93 | 11.56 | 14.36 | 10.08 | |||
| First round | 13 | 9.58 | 12.23 | United States | 11.86 | 10.96 | DNF | 13.88 | 9.58 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 10 | 49.87 | 54.27 | United States | 1:02.47 | 49.87 | 55.27 | 56.17 | 51.37 | |||
| First round | 12 | 47.77 | 53.94 | United States | 1:01.23 | 52.19 | 52.89 | 56.73 | 47.77 | ||||
Calvin Nielson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 14 | 9.89 | 14.11 | United States | 10.93 | 14.62 | 21.70 | 9.89 | 16.78 | |||
| First round | 9 | 10.39 | 11.04 | United States | 11.06 | 11.28 | 14.35 | 10.39 | 10.78 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 11 | 47.88 | 55.08 | United States | 1:10.82 | 47.88 | 1:04.23 | 48.78 | 52.22 | |||
| First round | 7 | 41.68 | 47.28 | United States | 51.97 | 44.73 | 50.94 | 41.68 | 46.16 | ||||
Connor Dobbin - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 23 | 16.84 | 19.98 | United Kingdom | 16.84 | 17.18 | 20.86 | 26.86 | 21.90 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 19 | 1:39.29 | 1:51.38 | United Kingdom | 1:45.74 | 1:50.88 | 1:57.52 | 3:04.56 | 1:39.29 | |||
Daniel Tsai - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 15 | 11.66 | 14.34 | United States | 12.48 | 13.73 | 17.96 | 16.81 | 11.66 | |||
| First round | 17 | 13.70 | 14.74 | United States | 14.65 | 15.16 | 17.75 | 14.41 | 13.70 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 12 | 52.62 | 59.22 | United States | 1:00.13 | 1:01.26 | 56.27 | 52.62 | DNF | |||
| First round | 13 | 52.84 | 1:00.84 | United States | 1:03.68 | 53.50 | 1:09.40 | 52.84 | 1:05.34 | ||||
David Karalli (داود قراعلي) - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 14 | 9.67 | 12.94 | United States | 13.54 | 11.87 | 13.48 | 9.67 | 13.48 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 11 | 49.04 | 53.63 | United States | 50.47 | 49.04 | 56.45 | 53.96 | 57.46 | |||
David Lin - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 6 | 6.78 | 10.36 | United States | 13.48 | 6.78 | 8.96 | 12.78 | 9.35 | |||
| First round | 2 | 7.83 | 8.82 | United States | 8.94 | 8.93 | 10.10 | 7.83 | 8.60 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 7 | 40.42 | 45.09 | United States | 40.42 | 42.39 | 44.51 | 55.87 | 48.38 | |||
| First round | 9 | 39.54 | 49.30 | United States | 48.79 | 45.01 | 54.11 | 39.54 | 59.57 | ||||
Dominique Cada - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 30 | 26.48 | 31.66 | United States | 26.48 | 33.11 | 33.58 | 29.37 | 32.51 | |||
Elvin Peng - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 26 | 19.65 | 26.84 | United States | 25.03 | 32.05 | 19.65 | 27.91 | 27.59 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 26 | 2:19.85 | 2:55.34 | United States | 2:40.89 | DNF | 3:01.49 | 2:19.85 | 3:03.63 | |||
Ethan Lin - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 7 | 8.04 | 11.12 | United States | 12.87 | 8.04 | 10.34 | 10.63 | 12.39 | |||
| First round | 6 | 9.22 | 10.27 | United States | 11.11 | 9.22 | 12.69 | 9.58 | 10.13 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 17 | 1:09.67 | 1:20.60 | United States | 1:09.67 | 1:27.27 | 1:13.17 | 1:21.35 | 1:29.56 | |||
Ethan Mendelson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 9 | 9.60 | 11.73 | United States | 11.81 | 9.60 | 12.72 | 13.57 | 10.65 | |||
| First round | 8 | 8.28 | 10.82 | United States | 9.50 | 8.28 | 11.03 | 12.68 | 11.92 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 2 | 36.08 | 39.86 | United States | 37.08 | 36.08 | 44.73 | 43.17 | 39.32 | |||
| First round | 2 | 35.15 | 38.06 | United States | 35.70 | 41.53 | 39.49 | 38.99 | 35.15 | ||||
Garrett Cheng - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 32 | 39.11 | 45.52 | United States | 39.11 | 42.03 | 53.75 | 50.60 | 43.92 | |||
Isaac Marks - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 20 | 15.17 | 17.16 | United States | 15.17 | 17.49 | 17.28 | 20.61 | 16.72 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 18 | 1:16.21 | 1:27.42 | United States | 1:16.21 | 1:35.03 | 1:19.12 | 1:28.11 | 1:59.94 | |||
Jai Shukla - India WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 25 | 18.65 | 25.41 | India | 18.65 | 23.10 | 27.59 | 42.00 | 25.53 | |||
Jin Wu (武进) - China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 19 | 14.87 | 17.16 | China | 17.52 | 17.05 | 19.62 | 14.87 | 16.91 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 15 | 1:05.10 | 1:12.35 | China | 1:28.30 | 1:14.74 | 1:16.50 | 1:05.82 | 1:05.10 | |||
Joshua Amalan - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 29 | 25.36 | 30.48 | United States | 33.70 | 29.84 | 27.90 | 34.09 | 25.36 | |||
Nathan Agan - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 4 | 7.41 | 8.69 | United States | 8.66 | 7.41 | 9.06 | 8.36 | 9.85 | |||
| First round | 3 | 7.64 | 8.96 | United States | 7.90 | 9.37 | 9.60 | 10.72 | 7.64 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 4 | 33.22 | 42.57 | United States | 33.22 | 46.94 | 39.99 | 44.28 | 43.44 | |||
| First round | 6 | 37.79 | 41.24 | United States | 38.95 | 37.79 | 41.60 | 44.29 | 43.18 | ||||
Nathaniel Lao - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 10 | 9.06 | 12.03 | United States | 12.97 | 11.95 | 12.60 | 11.53 | 9.06 | |||
| First round | 12 | 10.27 | 11.75 | United States | 11.57 | 10.27 | 12.52 | 12.11 | 11.58 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 8 | 41.76 | 47.69 | United States | 48.14 | 50.20 | 41.76 | 44.73 | 50.44 | |||
| First round | 10 | 42.28 | 52.37 | United States | 43.97 | 55.25 | 42.28 | 57.88 | 1:12.27 | ||||
Robert Alan Marks - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 33 | 36.78 | 48.09 | United States | 1:05.39 | 36.78 | 39.72 | 51.62 | 52.92 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 22 | 1:58.20 | 2:07.70 | United States | 2:19.65 | 1:58.96 | 2:19.08 | 2:05.05 | 1:58.20 | |||
Ruby Lu (卢红) - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 2 | 7.57 | 8.31 | United States | 8.13 | 7.57 | 8.37 | 8.96 | 8.44 | |||
| First round | 1 | 6.53 | 8.62 | United States | 7.54 | 9.60 | 10.35 | 8.72 | 6.53 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 9 | 41.20 | 50.81 | United States | 1:22.34 | 41.20 | 52.48 | 49.62 | 50.34 | |||
| First round | 8 | 44.88 | 48.13 | United States | 47.19 | 53.04 | 44.88 | 48.69 | 48.52 | ||||
Sean Greshock - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 21 | 15.56 | 18.85 | United States | 17.45 | 19.01 | 21.46 | 15.56 | 20.08 | |||
Serene Lee - Singapore WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 34 | 51.16 | 57.20 | Singapore | 59.88 | 55.15 | 1:07.88 | 51.16 | 56.56 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 27 | 2:53.11 | 3:10.52 | Singapore | 3:29.70 | 2:53.11 | 3:02.75 | 2:59.10 | DNF | |||
Stanley Tran - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 5 | 8.28 | 10.01 | United States | 8.28 | 11.84 | 12.38 | 9.22 | 8.96 | |||
| First round | 7 | 8.50 | 10.67 | United States | 10.96 | 8.50 | 9.87 | 12.95 | 11.19 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 3 | 32.18 | 40.30 | United States | 55.72 | 32.18 | 39.84 | 44.08 | 36.98 | |||
| First round | 3 | 31.35 | 38.81 | United States | 36.15 | 31.35 | 41.47 | 38.82 | 53.36 | ||||
Trevor Mendelson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 1 | 6.45 | 7.92 | United States | 6.96 | 7.81 | 8.98 | 6.45 | 9.04 | |||
| First round | 4 | 5.24 | 9.57 | United States | 8.81 | 10.12 | 11.17 | 5.24 | 9.78 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 6 | 36.07 | 44.48 | United States | 36.07 | 46.82 | 45.68 | 45.09 | 42.66 | |||
| First round | 4 | 32.21 | 39.26 | United States | 32.21 | 36.79 | 46.20 | 42.04 | 38.94 | ||||
Vedanth Bharadwaj - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 8 | 9.15 | 11.20 | United States | 11.57 | 9.15 | 11.27 | 12.04 | 10.76 | |||
| First round | 11 | 10.22 | 11.45 | United States | 12.17 | 11.08 | 11.11 | 13.38 | 10.22 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 5 | 39.33 | 43.21 | United States | 48.80 | 39.33 | 40.69 | 42.75 | 46.18 | |||
| First round | 5 | 35.45 | 40.22 | United States | 35.70 | 41.95 | 49.30 | 43.01 | 35.45 | ||||
Vihaan Ravi Patel - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 27 | 23.19 | 29.00 | United States | 28.46 | 23.19 | 29.78 | 28.77 | 30.16 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 28 | 2:46.64 | 3:13.83 | United States | 2:46.64 | DNF | 3:41.15 | 3:12.31 | 2:48.03 | |||
Vinson Fluegge - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 13 | 11.56 | 13.15 | United States | 14.69 | 12.16 | 15.42 | 12.59 | 11.56 | |||
| First round | 15 | 10.89 | 13.22 | United States | 14.16 | 10.89 | 13.36 | 14.16 | 12.13 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 29 | 43.73 | DNF | United States | DNF | 43.73 | 49.58 | 50.16 | DNF | |||
William Ferrer - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 16 | 11.93 | 13.92 | United States | 15.46 | 14.19 | 13.95 | 13.62 | 11.93 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 16 | 59.08 | 1:12.57 | United States | 1:17.83 | 59.08 | 1:20.34 | 1:02.06 | 1:17.81 | |||
Wyatt Cheng - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 28 | 23.65 | 29.29 | United States | 28.44 | 23.65 | 29.79 | 35.20 | 29.65 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 23 | 1:48.61 | 2:28.80 | United States | DNF | 2:22.45 | 2:13.02 | 2:50.93 | 1:48.61 | |||
Zane Kempler - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 16 | 15.99 | 17.59 | United States | 16.32 | 15.99 | 17.85 | 18.61 | 22.35 | |||
| First round | 18 | 14.91 | 16.75 | United States | 15.51 | 14.91 | 16.52 | 20.60 | 18.22 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | 21 | 1:47.62 | 1:58.32 | United States | 1:47.62 | 1:51.56 | 2:19.04 | 1:52.17 | 2:11.24 | |||