Competitions · United States

Caltech Winter competition 2007

San Francisco, California · 13 January 2007 · 4 events · 102 competitors · 72 personal bests

Toby Mao (毛台立) won the 3×3 with a 14.82 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Toby Mao (毛台立) by 0.21 seconds. 102 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Dan Dzoan set the 3×3 one-handed single world record: 17.90.

events decided

0.21s

closest final — 3×3, Toby Mao (毛台立) over Brian Kim

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Toby Mao (毛台立)	12.21	14.82
5×5	Frank Morris	1:49.21	1:56.97
3×3 blindfolded	Leyan Lo	1:56.71	—
3×3 one-handed	Dan Dzoan	17.90	21.46

The PB harvest

72 set · 16 still standing

Edison Park — 3×3 one-handed single 25.69: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
John Wardle — 3×3 single 24.53: into the top 51.6% of the event's history.
Brian Kim — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:09.61: into the top 55.1% of the event's history.
Jonathan Huang — 3×3 single 27.17: into the top 57.2% of the event's history.
Newton Chan — 3×3 single 27.65: into the top 58.2% of the event's history.
Edison Park — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:27.15: into the top 60.2% of the event's history.
Jeff Soesbe — 3×3 single 29.92: into the top 62.4% of the event's history.
Oriana Thong — 3×3 single 32.24: into the top 66.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 1,014 people who made their debut in 2007. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 233 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

102 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.