Competitions · United States
Cubing at SkillCon 2015
Las Vegas, Nevada · 7 November 2015 · 7 events · 31 competitors · 16 personal bests
Rowe Hessler won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rowe Hessler by 0.88 seconds. 31 competitors produced 16 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Abhinav Pomalapally took a Pyraminx single of 8.90 down to 4.51, 49 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Rowe Hessler | 7.50 | 8.91 |
| 2×2 | Christopher Olson | 1.82 | 2.09 |
| 4×4 | Rowe Hessler | 35.67 | 38.42 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Shelley Chang | 1:39.21 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Rowe Hessler | 13.33 | 15.36 |
| Pyraminx | Abhinav Pomalapally | 4.51 | 5.76 |
| Skewb | Spencer Stutzman | 5.84 | 6.72 |
The PB harvest
16 set · 5 still standing- Shelley Chang — 3×3 single 10.68: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Riley Griffith — 3×3 single 14.06: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
- Lincoln Nordquist — 2×2 single 3.85: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
- Byron Erwin — 3×3 single 15.20: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
- Efrain Contreras — 3×3 one-handed single 59.71: into the top 83.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
Twelve 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
31 competitors · 117 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. Rowe Hessler won it with a 8.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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F' D2 B' F2 L2 F' L2 R2 F2 L2 R' B U F L' D' B2 U L2 R' - 2
L2 F2 L2 U L2 D L2 U2 R B' F' D' F R U2 B D2 B' R' - 3
B2 L' D2 L' U2 B2 L' D2 B2 F2 R' B' L D' R' B U2 L' D2 - 4
R D L' F L' U B R B L2 B' U2 F2 U L2 D2 L2 D' - 5
L2 R2 U F2 D' L2 B2 U F D' U' L B R' F' L D' R2 F
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
31 competitors- Abhinav Pomalapally
- Adam Walker
- Adam Zamora
- Akira Nguyen
- Ben Lazos
- Bobby Mundo
- Britton Carver
- Byron Erwin
- Chris Tran
- Christopher Olson
- Damian Wilding
- Efrain Contreras
- Eliana Au
- Evan Sutherland
- Guanda Fu (符冠达)
- Jaden Rosard
- Kenneth Lu
- Kurt Halverson
- Leo Ayuste
- Lincoln Nordquist
- Matthew Au
- Nathan Nakaguchi
- Owen Pedraza
- Phil Yu
- Pranav Pomalapally
- Ray Hettleman
- Riley Griffith
- Rowe Hessler
- Shelley Chang
- Spencer Stutzman
- William Tan
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.