Competitions · United States

Caltech Winter 2016

Pasadena, California · 20 February 2016 · 7 events · 77 competitors · 75 personal bests

Max Park won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Nathan Soria by 0.22 seconds. 77 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elijah Sippel took a 3×3 single of 48.00 down to 18.51, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4

0.22s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Nathan Soria over Andrew Nathenson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	7.80	8.44
2×2	Everett Kelly	2.34	2.90
4×4	Max Park	29.29	31.93
3×3 blindfolded	Andrew Le	1:04.62	—
3×3 one-handed	Nathan Soria	13.55	15.37
Skewb	Jungwoo Kim (김정우)	3.01	4.00
Square-1	Michael Young	9.82	13.06

The PB harvest

75 set · 13 still standing

Thomas Valles — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Nick Stanton — 3×3 one-handed single 11.99: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Eric Lee — 3×3 single 9.91: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Ryan Chu — 3×3 one-handed single 18.08: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Eric Lee — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Noah La Barba — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Isaiah Tanabe — 4×4 single 48.21: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
Corey Nambu — 2×2 single 4.86: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

77 competitors · 290 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. Max Park won it with a 8.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.