Competitions · United States

Atlanta Open 2015

Atlanta, Georgia · 8 August 2015 · 5 events · 104 competitors · 74 personal bests

David Ludwig won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by David Ludwig by 0.31 seconds. 104 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Patrick Miller took a 2×2 single of 5.44 down to 2.13, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins

David Ludwig — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.31s

closest final — 3×3, David Ludwig over Christopher Olson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Ludwig	9.35	9.86
2×2	Christopher Olson	1.54	2.11
4×4	David Ludwig	39.82	41.70
5×5	David Ludwig	1:17.17	1:25.92
Pyraminx	Paul Mahvi	4.30	5.96

The PB harvest

74 set · 27 still standing

Patrick Miller — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ramone Jackson — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Clark Cheng — 4×4 single 41.95: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Vinay Kotwani — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Patrick Miller — 3×3 single 13.77: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Ethan Botelho — 2×2 single 4.04: into the top 27.0% of the event's history.
Andrew Hwang — Pyraminx single 6.91: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
Bailey Means — 3×3 single 16.43: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

104 competitors · 319 results · 5 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. David Ludwig won it with a 9.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B2 D' R L2 F' U F' U D2 B U F2 U' L2 F2 R2 D' B2 U2
2B F2 L2 B2 D2 R2 U2 L2 F' L2 F' D' F2 L' U R B U R2
3B2 U B2 F2 D' R2 F2 U R2 B2 D F U' B' U B2 L2 R' U' F'
4L' U2 F2 U2 B2 L D2 L R D L' U B' L D F2 U2 R2 B' U
5F2 U R' D F D2 R2 F2 D' L U2 F R2 L2 U2 F' L2 U2 F' L2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.