Competitions · United States

Big Apple Cube Clash 2016

Astoria, New York · 27 February 2016 · 8 events · 128 competitors · 172 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the eight events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Adam Tedesco by 0.13 seconds. 128 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Leudy Rodríguez set the 7×7 single national record: 6:36.90.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — Clock, Adam Tedesco over Brandon Lin (林博浩)

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Collin Burns	6.74	7.83
2×2	Daniel Rose-Levine	1.58	2.28
4×4	Patrick Ponce	26.13	34.13
5×5	Patrick Ponce	58.86	1:08.22
7×7	Keaton Ellis	3:23.13	3:32.67
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	45.90	—
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	11.78	13.14
Clock	Adam Tedesco	8.96	9.95

The PB harvest

172 set · 36 still standing

Dan Selzer — 3×3 single 7.97: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Bobby D'Angelo — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Rex Roche — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Jasper Waldman — 3×3 single 11.45: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Connor Walsh — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Vishantak Srikrishna — 4×4 single 43.92: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Chad Thut — 3×3 single 13.40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Adam Tedesco — Clock single 8.96: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

128 competitors · 702 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. Collin Burns won it with a 7.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

128 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.