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Berkeley Spring 2015

Berkeley, California · 12 April 2015 · 6 events · 93 competitors · 74 personal bests

Richard Jay S. Apagar won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) by 0.06 seconds. 93 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Richard Jay S. Apagar set the 3×3 single national record: 6.50.

Three wins
Richard Jay S. Apagar — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.06s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) over Jeremy Fleischman
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Jay S. Apagar7.409.26
2×2Riley Woo2.973.93
4×4Richard Jay S. Apagar32.7737.60
5×5Richard Jay S. Apagar1:10.711:16.05
3×3 one-handedChia-Wei Lu (呂家維)13.6116.11
Square-1Sophie Chan10.7516.51

The PB harvest

74 set · 10 still standing
  • Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Ansuman Somasundaram — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Shawn Lesniak — 3×3 single 20.21: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.
  • Manas Manu — 3×3 single 20.34: into the top 40.9% of the event's history.
  • Roger Li — 3×3 one-handed single 28.30: into the top 42.6% of the event's history.
  • Patrick Marchant — 3×3 single 22.31: into the top 46.2% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Adsuara — 3×3 single 23.38: into the top 48.9% of the event's history.
  • Gray Christie — 3×3 one-handed single 31.06: into the top 49.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 276 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. Richard Jay S. Apagar won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.