Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter 2016

Berkeley, California · 20 February 2016 · 8 events · 160 competitors · 110 personal bests

Riley Woo won three of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) by 0.06 seconds. 160 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alex Ridley took a Skewb single of 21.95 down to 7.13, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Riley Woo — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet

0.06s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) over Edward Lin

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riley Woo	7.93	9.14
2×2	Ty Marshall	2.65	3.02
4×4	Edward Lin	27.80	34.84
3×3 blindfolded	Riley Woo	41.69	—
3×3 one-handed	Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維)	14.68	15.83
Megaminx	Ty Marshall	57.55	1:02.31
Skewb	Ty Marshall	4.20	5.10
3×3 with feet	Riley Woo	1:13.10	1:19.61

The PB harvest

110 set · 40 still standing

Sirish Nutakki — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Justin Bojin — 3×3 single 9.80: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Sirish Nutakki — Skewb single 3.70: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Zephyr Brown — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Justin Barber — 4×4 single 44.41: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Justin Sautter — 2×2 single 3.34: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Spencer Pugh — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Milo Jacquet — 3×3 single 14.83: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 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

160 competitors · 440 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 9.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

160 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.