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Hamilton Spring 2014

Hamilton · 5 October 2014 · 11 events · 23 competitors · 27 personal bests

Anson Lin won six of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anson Lin by 1.00 seconds. 23 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tom Nelson set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 18 of 21 cubes · 57:55.

Six wins
Anson Lin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
1.00s
closest final — 2×2, Anson Lin over Tom Nelson
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anson Lin8.279.17
2×2Anson Lin2.403.67
4×4Anson Lin31.7738.94
5×5Anson Lin1:10.461:15.61
7×7Alex Asbery6:01.116:20.22
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson1:18.091:34.55
3×3 one-handedAnson Lin10.4613.85
PyraminxAnson Lin6.256.70
Square-1David Lim38.6144.85
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson8:18.55
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson18 of 21 cubes · 57:55

The PB harvest

27 set · 7 still standing
  • Anson Lin — 3×3 one-handed single 10.46: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Anson Lin — 4×4 single 29.31: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Anson Lin — Pyraminx single 5.81: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Emmanuel Ramli — 3×3 single 15.86: into the top 27.3% of the event's history.
  • Emmanuel Ramli — 2×2 single 4.28: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
  • Robert Wang — 3×3 single 19.81: into the top 39.4% of the event's history.
  • Robert Wang — 4×4 single 1:35.06: into the top 67.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

23 competitors · 152 results · 11 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. Anson Lin won it with a 9.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.