Competitions · United States

Caltech Winter 2012

Pasadena, California · 11 February 2012 · 8 events · 72 competitors · 77 personal bests

Edward Lin won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Edward Lin by 0.21 seconds. 72 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Will Darwood took a 2×2 single of 14.22 down to 6.55, 54 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Edward Lin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.21s

closest final — 3×3, Edward Lin over Phillip Espinoza

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Edward Lin	8.84	10.58
2×2	Edward Lin	2.44	2.79
4×4	Edward Lin	41.02	46.92
3×3 blindfolded	Weston Mizumoto	1:20.91	—
3×3 one-handed	Phillip Espinoza	12.06	15.89
Square-1	Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)	15.75	18.39
Magic	Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)	1.19	1.30
Master Magic	James Hamory	2.91	3.03

The PB harvest

77 set · 20 still standing

Guanyang Yu — 3×3 one-handed single 15.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Alexander Phan — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Michael Stump — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Guanyang Yu — 3×3 single 12.47: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Marco Mendoza — 2×2 single 3.38: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Derek Han — Magic single 1.36: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Peter Chau — Square-1 single 18.66: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
Shane Grogan — Magic single 1.46: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. 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

72 competitors · 269 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

72 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.