Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter 2017

Berkeley, California · 11 February 2017 · 5 events · 121 competitors · 86 personal bests

Jonah Crosby won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jonah Crosby by 0.07 seconds. 121 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Timothy Castle took a 3×3 single of 1:26.02 down to 29.97, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jonah Crosby — 3×3, 4×4

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Jonah Crosby over Eric Limeback

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jonah Crosby	7.83	8.68
4×4	Jonah Crosby	34.98	39.46
3×3 one-handed	Tiffany Chien	12.56	14.21
Skewb	Trần Mạnh Quân	4.37	5.59
Square-1	Nicholas Daneshvari	13.45	15.62

The PB harvest

86 set · 14 still standing

Eric Limeback — 3×3 single 6.47: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
Jeremy Fleischman — 3×3 one-handed single 9.95: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Justin Abad — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Trần Mạnh Quân — 3×3 single 11.18: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Ryan Jew — Square-1 single 12.82: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Luke Cho — 3×3 one-handed single 17.02: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
David Adams — Square-1 single 15.36: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Greg Villongco — 3×3 single 16.03: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

121 competitors · 342 results · 5 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. Jonah Crosby won it with a 8.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

121 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.