Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter 2015

Berkeley, California · 21 February 2015 · 8 events · 73 competitors · 85 personal bests

Mitchell Lane won three of the eight events (4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Eli Wimmer by 0.08 seconds. 73 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dan Sachs set the Skewb single national record: 6.28.

Three wins

Mitchell Lane — 4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Eli Wimmer over Arin Chang

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riley Woo	9.15	10.07
2×2	Eli Wimmer	1.63	3.30
4×4	Mitchell Lane	37.16	40.48
3×3 blindfolded	Riley Woo	42.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Jeremy Fleischman	14.65	16.59
Pyraminx	Mitchell Lane	3.53	4.93
Skewb	Mitchell Lane	4.13	5.12
3×3 with feet	Ryan Jew	1:15.30	1:20.33

The PB harvest

85 set · 20 still standing

Patricia Li — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Arin Chang — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Armin Askari — 3×3 single 10.41: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Erik Cheng (鄭聿軒) — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Eli Westrick — Pyraminx single 4.63: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Brian Kang — 3×3 single 12.16: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Aaron Wolff — Pyraminx single 5.38: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Gray Christie — 3×3 single 12.59: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

73 competitors · 332 results · 8 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 10.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.