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Bluegrass Spring 2017

Lexington, Kentucky · 4 March 2017 · 5 events · 70 competitors · 67 personal bests

Lucas Etter won three of the five events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Drew Brads by 0.01 seconds. 70 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Drew Brads set the 3×3 single continental record: 4.76.

Three wins
Lucas Etter — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Drew Brads over Nolan Wood
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Drew Brads4.767.26
2×2Drew Brads1.962.21
4×4Lucas Etter28.4632.54
5×5Lucas Etter1:01.281:04.46
3×3 one-handedLucas Etter13.6015.88

The PB harvest

67 set · 16 still standing
  • Drew Brads — 3×3 single 4.76: into the top 0.077% of the event's history.
  • Trevor Knorpp — 3×3 single 12.62: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Trevor Knorpp — 2×2 single 3.63: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
  • Amber Hockstok — 3×3 single 17.31: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Wright — 3×3 single 17.42: into the top 32.3% of the event's history.
  • Jeremy Easter — 4×4 single 57.32: into the top 33.5% of the event's history.
  • Luke Henize — 2×2 single 4.82: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
  • Jeremy Easter — 3×3 one-handed single 26.91: into the top 39.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 302 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. Drew Brads won it with a 7.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.