Competitions · United States

Berkeley Summer 2015

Berkeley, California · 12 September 2015 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 81 personal bests

Richard Jay S. Apagar won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicholas Daneshvari by 0.04 seconds. 100 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nurym Kudaibergen set the 4×4 average national record: 36.49.

Two wins

Richard Jay S. Apagar — 4×4, 5×5

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Nicholas Daneshvari over Ty Marshall

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riley Woo	8.12	8.82
2×2	Nicholas Daneshvari	2.34	3.08
4×4	Richard Jay S. Apagar	33.61	36.23
5×5	Richard Jay S. Apagar	1:09.94	1:18.14
3×3 one-handed	Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維)	14.68	16.67
Clock	Ryan Jew	9.41	12.31
Square-1	Sophie Chan	14.80	16.51

The PB harvest

81 set · 25 still standing

Alex Johnson — 5×5 single 1:15.66: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Dan Sachs — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Justin Sautter — 3×3 single 12.77: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Que — 4×4 single 44.56: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Benjamin Pang — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Michael Stump — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Penacerrada — 3×3 single 14.97: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
Benjamin Pang — 3×3 single 16.09: into the top 28.1% 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

100 competitors · 325 results · 7 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. Riley Woo won it with a 8.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.