Competitions · United States

Caltech Winter 2017

Pasadena, California · 25 February 2017 · 5 events · 123 competitors · 117 personal bests

Max Park won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Isaac Langer by 0.84 seconds. 123 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Max Park set the 3×3 average continental record: 6.92.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.84s

closest final — 2×2, Isaac Langer over Jungwoo Kim (김정우)

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	6.25	6.92
2×2	Isaac Langer	2.60	2.96
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	10.40	11.50
Pyraminx	Elijah Brown	2.54	3.35
Skewb	Jungwoo Kim (김정우)	2.84	3.44

The PB harvest

117 set · 47 still standing

Kavin Tangtartharakul — 3×3 one-handed single 8.91: into the top 0.47% of the event's history.
Vincent Giza — Skewb single 3.22: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Brian Nguyen — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Zuqi Chen (陈祖祺) — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Zuqi Chen (陈祖祺) — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Matthew Harris — Pyraminx single 4.46: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Sophie Berman — Pyraminx single 4.67: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Kobe Vo — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

123 competitors · 481 results · 5 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 6.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

123 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.