Competitions · United States

Caltech Fall 2015

Pasadena, California · 21 November 2015 · 7 events · 101 competitors · 98 personal bests

Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横) won the 3×3 with a 8.83 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Everett Kelly by 0.13 seconds. 101 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Liu took a 2×2 single of 8.64 down to 4.25, 51 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.13s

closest final — 2×2, Everett Kelly over Weston Mizumoto

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横)	8.06	8.83
2×2	Everett Kelly	2.72	3.02
4×4	Max Park	31.10	33.40
3×3 blindfolded	Sreeram Venkatarao	30.38	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrew Nathenson	14.14	15.30
Skewb	Jungwoo Kim (김정우)	3.06	4.06
Square-1	Michael Young	11.69	14.65

The PB harvest

98 set · 30 still standing

Graham Johnson — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Neil Morales — 3×3 single 8.97: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Neil Morales — 4×4 single 34.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Chengxi Li — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Jonathan Sun — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Peter Chau — 4×4 single 39.38: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Graham Johnson — 4×4 single 44.57: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Ben Garcia — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

101 competitors · 358 results · 7 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. Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横) won it with a 8.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.