Competitions · United States

Harvard Spring 2013

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 2 February 2013 · 9 events · 70 competitors · 55 personal bests

Louis Cormier won three of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by James Donahue by 0.13 seconds. 70 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Louis Cormier set the Megaminx single continental record: 51.02.

Three wins

Louis Cormier — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.13s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, James Donahue over Rowe Hessler

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrew Ricci	9.38	9.72
2×2	Rowe Hessler	2.18	3.04
4×4	Louis Cormier	39.27	42.08
5×5	Louis Cormier	1:20.08	1:29.26
3×3 blindfolded	Noa Arthurs	38.02	—
3×3 one-handed	James Donahue	15.86	18.89
Megaminx	Louis Cormier	51.02	59.93
4×4 blindfolded	Noa Arthurs	5:54.72	—
5×5 blindfolded	Noa Arthurs	—	—

The PB harvest

55 set · 14 still standing

Jeffrey Hori — 3×3 single 9.77: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Colin Boyd — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Paul Kim — 2×2 single 4.11: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
Tyler Leite — 2×2 single 4.30: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
Zachary Lowry — Megaminx single 1:53.86: into the top 42.5% of the event's history.
Alex Bolduc — 3×3 single 26.53: into the top 55.9% of the event's history.
Andrew MacGregor — 3×3 one-handed single 39.33: into the top 64.4% of the event's history.
Ivan Duralde — 4×4 single 1:31.34: into the top 64.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 290 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

70 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.