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Hamilton Winter 2016

Hamilton · 31 July 2016 · 13 events · 58 competitors · 83 personal bests

Tom Nelson won five of the 13 events (3×3 blindfolded, Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by James Macdiarmid by 0.54 seconds. 58 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tom Nelson set the 4×4 blindfolded single continental record: 3:13.94.

Five wins
Tom Nelson — 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.54s
closest final — 3×3, James Macdiarmid over Jerry Jiang
83
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3James Macdiarmid11.4412.21
2×2Jerry Jiang3.083.27
4×4Alex Asbery45.9847.81
5×5Alex Asbery1:27.691:36.46
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson39.9044.09
3×3 one-handedMukund Karthik16.4519.57
MegaminxLogan Ying1:20.681:28.13
PyraminxBenjamin Agnew2.883.39
SkewbBenjamin Agnew4.955.81
Square-1Tom Nelson23.8427.46
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson3:13.94—
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson——
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson17 of 27 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

83 set · 27 still standing
  • Daniel Quach — 3×3 single 10.59: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Logan Ying — 3×3 single 10.63: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Nik Bartlett — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Kang — Pyraminx single 4.70: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Anthony Shao — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Sang-Hyun Kim — 2×2 single 3.21: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Anthony Shao — 3×3 single 12.86: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Sang-Hyun Kim — Pyraminx single 5.62: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 305 results · 13 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. James Macdiarmid won it with a 12.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.