Competitions · United States

Berkeley Fall 2019

Berkeley, California · 10 November 2019 · 9 events · 131 competitors · 129 personal bests

Christopher Yen won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Aniket Das by 0.22 seconds. 131 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aniket Das set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.21.

Two wins

Christopher Yen — 3×3, 4×4

0.22s

closest final — Skewb, Aniket Das over Jusun Choi (최주선)

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Yen	6.29	7.14
4×4	Christopher Yen	26.85	30.31
3×3 blindfolded	Jason Ostdiek	43.14	—
3×3 one-handed	Heidi Chan	11.67	13.06
Megaminx	Michael Chai (柴天方)	48.16	52.89
Pyraminx	Aniket Das	1.21	2.31
Skewb	Aniket Das	3.56	4.27
Square-1	Aiden Bartlett	6.42	7.26
3×3 Multi-Blind	Richard Anthony Parada	10 of 13 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

129 set · 60 still standing

Aniket Das — Pyraminx single 1.21: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Tyler Howlett — Pyraminx single 1.53: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
Tiffany Chien — 3×3 one-handed single 9.88: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Brandon Harnish — 3×3 single 8.60: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Tessa Cookmeyer — 3×3 single 9.21: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Ben Lemkin — 3×3 single 9.53: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Leo Huyhoang Cao — 3×3 single 10.20: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Mateus Lima — 3×3 single 10.44: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

131 competitors · 618 results · 9 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. Christopher Yen won it with a 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

131 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.