Competitions · United States

Howland High Spring 2017

Warren, Ohio · 11 March 2017 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 88 personal bests

Blake Thompson won three of the six events (3×3, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Blake Thompson by 0.04 seconds. 70 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tristan Beil took a Skewb single of 20.80 down to 5.60, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Blake Thompson — 3×3, Skewb, Square-1

0.04s

closest final — Skewb, Blake Thompson over Andy Denney

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Blake Thompson	6.75	7.70
2×2	Andy Denney	0.92	1.88
4×4	Phillip Lewicki	36.73	39.19
Megaminx	Andy Denney	41.69	47.04
Skewb	Blake Thompson	4.14	5.56
Square-1	Blake Thompson	10.53	12.81

The PB harvest

88 set · 29 still standing

Blake Thompson — 2×2 single 0.91: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
Benjamin Pugh — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Andrew Cirincione — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Andrew Cirincione — Skewb single 3.26: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Phillip Lewicki — Skewb single 3.87: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ryan Abbott — 3×3 single 10.87: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Ryan Abbott — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Jim Mertens — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

70 competitors · 301 results · 6 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 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

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.