Competitions · United States

Berkeley Fall 2016

Berkeley, California · 19 November 2016 · 6 events · 156 competitors · 96 personal bests

Ty Marshall won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ty Marshall by 0.00 seconds. 156 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bowen Deng (邓博文) took a Megaminx single of 2:51.50 down to 1:18.42, 54 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ty Marshall — 3×3, 2×2, Megaminx

0.00s

closest final — 3×3, Ty Marshall over Christopher Yen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ty Marshall	8.05	9.43
2×2	Ty Marshall	2.32	3.12
4×4	Edward Lin	30.98	35.42
5×5	Edward Lin	57.41	1:03.62
3×3 one-handed	Edward Lin	14.11	15.61
Megaminx	Ty Marshall	57.27	1:02.11

The PB harvest

96 set · 27 still standing

Tiffany Chien — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Nikolaj Pedersen — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Brandon Wee — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Justin Nguyen — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Nikolaj Pedersen — 3×3 one-handed single 18.20: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Erik Cheng (鄭聿軒) — 3×3 one-handed single 18.54: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Isaias Villanueva — 2×2 single 3.34: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Jaden Choi — 3×3 single 13.31: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

156 competitors · 420 results · 6 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. Ty Marshall won it with a 9.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

156 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.