Competitions · United States

Caltech Fall 2011

Pasadena, California · 19 November 2011 · 8 events · 65 competitors · 94 personal bests

Phillip Espinoza won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Deven Nadudvari by 0.02 seconds. 65 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Harrison Khoo took a 2×2 single of 10.72 down to 4.06, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Phillip Espinoza — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Deven Nadudvari over Jeremy Fleischman

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phillip Espinoza	7.80	10.62
2×2	Austin Reed	1.33	2.87
4×4	Phillip Espinoza	46.27	53.66
3×3 blindfolded	Shelley Chang	2:05.88	—
3×3 one-handed	Deven Nadudvari	15.33	18.05
Square-1	Michael Young	18.27	21.90
Magic	Samuel Chiu	1.16	1.29
Master Magic	James Hamory	2.71	2.88

The PB harvest

94 set · 31 still standing

Phillip Espinoza — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
David Gomes — 3×3 one-handed single 16.56: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Kevin Chen — 3×3 single 11.44: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Ruiz — Magic single 1.22: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Gabriel Ruiz — 3×3 single 12.16: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Deven Nadudvari — Square-1 single 18.46: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
Daniel Ortega — Magic single 1.41: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
Kevin Chen — 3×3 one-handed single 22.29: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. 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

65 competitors · 280 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

65 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.