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Hamilton Spring 2015

Hamilton · 27 September 2015 · 11 events · 47 competitors · 46 personal bests

Phạm Anh Khoa won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Aneurin Hunt by 0.46 seconds. 47 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tom Nelson set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 56.76.

Three wins
Phạm Anh Khoa — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.46s
closest final — 2×2, Aneurin Hunt over Jerry Jiang
46
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Phạm Anh Khoa10.3411.76
2×2Aneurin Hunt3.264.04
4×4Phạm Anh Khoa49.2250.45
5×5Alex Asbery1:44.492:00.06
6×6Alex Asbery4:01.994:12.07
7×7Aneurin Hunt5:46.906:31.40
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson56.76
3×3 one-handedPhạm Anh Khoa18.4320.63
PyraminxCheng-Ru Yang5.918.06
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson

The PB harvest

46 set · 14 still standing
  • Mitchell Cameron — 3×3 single 13.14: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Kang — 2×2 single 3.68: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
  • Kieran Casey — Pyraminx single 6.49: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
  • Nikhil Banerjee — 3×3 single 16.30: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
  • Kieran Casey — 2×2 single 4.95: into the top 38.7% of the event's history.
  • Randy Jiang — 2×2 single 5.72: into the top 47.9% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Kang — 4×4 single 1:17.94: into the top 54.2% of the event's history.
  • Simon Latief — 3×3 single 26.37: into the top 55.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 230 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. Phạm Anh Khoa won it with a 11.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.