Competitions · United States

Cubetcha 2015

Minneapolis, Minnesota · 24 October 2015 · 7 events · 77 competitors · 64 personal bests

Christopher Olson won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christopher Olson by 0.58 seconds. 77 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

John Gray took a Square-1 single of 4:31.30 down to 1:25.03, 69 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Christopher Olson — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.58s

closest final — 2×2, Christopher Olson over Kennan LeJeune

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Olson	8.08	9.05
2×2	Christopher Olson	1.84	2.08
5×5	Nathan Dwyer	1:11.04	1:14.03
3×3 one-handed	Christopher Olson	14.83	16.64
Clock	Joshua Feran	6.07	6.97
Square-1	Nathan Dwyer	16.75	20.78
4×4 blindfolded	Walker Welch	8:35.89	—

The PB harvest

64 set · 19 still standing

Julian Favell — 3×3 one-handed single 14.64: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Jenson — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Matt Gossett — 3×3 single 12.11: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Ethan Osgood — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Josh Baston — 3×3 single 13.64: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Andrew Pathos — 3×3 single 16.17: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.
Andrew Pathos — 2×2 single 4.61: into the top 34.4% of the event's history.
Toby Moszer — 3×3 single 22.46: into the top 46.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

77 competitors · 302 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. Christopher Olson won it with a 9.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.