Competitions · United States

Big Apple Spring 2016

Astoria, New York · 21 May 2016 · 11 events · 225 competitors · 200 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won five of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Goodman by 0.10 seconds. 225 competitors produced 200 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and 94 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Nicolas Naing set the Megaminx single world record: 35.94.

Five wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Goodman over Livia Kleiner

200

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.52	8.08
2×2	Daniel Karnaukh	2.00	2.28
4×4	Patrick Ponce	30.67	34.75
5×5	Patrick Ponce	1:01.94	1:11.07
3×3 blindfolded	Patrick Ponce	1:45.43	2:00.67
3×3 Fewest Moves	Michael Gottlieb	35 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	11.71	12.84
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	35.94	43.07
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	3.16	3.83
Skewb	Jabari Nuruddin	3.53	4.25
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	8.27	12.72

The PB harvest

200 set · 61 still standing

Dylan Cook — 3×3 one-handed single 11.22: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Owen Fischer — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Anonymous — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Nicholas Tardugno — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Henry Birbiglia — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Robert Baggett — 3×3 single 10.48: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Henry Birbiglia — Pyraminx single 4.76: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Rudes — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

94 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

225 competitors · 997 results · 11 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

225 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.