Competitions · United States

Cubetcha 2016

Minneapolis, Minnesota · 5 November 2016 · 5 events · 85 competitors · 104 personal bests

Christopher Olson won two of the five events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christopher Olson by 0.48 seconds. 85 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dylan Harrison took a 2×2 single of 6.26 down to 2.14, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Christopher Olson — 2×2, 4×4

0.48s

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

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kennan LeJeune	7.74	8.19
2×2	Christopher Olson	1.60	2.10
4×4	Christopher Olson	37.33	41.12
5×5	Walker Welch	1:04.41	1:16.27
3×3 one-handed	Walker Welch	14.42	16.05

The PB harvest

104 set · 27 still standing

Bodie Zwank — 2×2 single 1.62: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Leo Kopper — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Matt Gossett — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Abel Piper — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Joshua Beck — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Tài Đức — 3×3 single 9.34: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Dylan Harrison — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Phan Tu Nghi — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

85 competitors · 413 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. Kennan LeJeune won it with a 8.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.