Competitions · United States

Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015

Cleveland, Ohio · 18 July 2015 · 7 events · 73 competitors · 70 personal bests

Blake Thompson won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) by 0.14 seconds. 73 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Devmal Almeida set the 4×4 single national record: 2:27.56.

Three wins

Blake Thompson — 3×3, 4×4, Skewb

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко) over Blake Thompson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Blake Thompson	8.10	9.67
2×2	Ihor Bilchenko (Ігор Більченко)	2.49	3.42
4×4	Blake Thompson	32.24	39.51
5×5	Nathan Dwyer	1:11.24	1:18.78
3×3 blindfolded	Sreeram Venkatarao	27.69	—
Megaminx	Nathan Dwyer	1:06.01	1:17.82
Skewb	Blake Thompson	4.37	5.84

The PB harvest

70 set · 20 still standing

Steven Cheung — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Yiyue Yin (殷一越) — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Kameron Crandell — 3×3 single 12.45: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Vincent Pistelli — 3×3 single 14.84: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
Hayes Bretzke — 2×2 single 4.49: into the top 32.8% of the event's history.
Kesav Kosana — 3×3 single 17.95: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.
Elijah Beachy — 3×3 single 18.06: into the top 34.3% of the event's history.
Elijah Beachy — 2×2 single 5.31: into the top 43.1% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 265 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. Blake Thompson won it with a 9.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.