Competitions · United States

Keep Portland Weird 2015

Portland, Oregon · 19 September 2015 · 7 events · 72 competitors · 73 personal bests

Anthony Brooks won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Eli Wimmer by 0.46 seconds. 72 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alex Ridley took a Pyraminx single of 26.30 down to 7.69, 71 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Anthony Brooks — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded

0.46s

closest final — Skewb, Eli Wimmer over Brandon Harnish

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Brooks	8.06	9.79
6×6	Luke Tycksen	2:17.02	2:37.55
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Brooks	1:42.18	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Kit Clement	29 moves	—
Clock	Kit Clement	6.43	8.27
Pyraminx	Daniel Yang	4.88	5.59
Skewb	Eli Wimmer	4.34	5.15

The PB harvest

73 set · 25 still standing

Luke Tycksen — Pyraminx single 2.78: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jacob Lawty — Pyraminx single 2.98: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Eli Wimmer — Pyraminx single 3.16: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Vineethsubbu Somasundaram — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Andrew Libby — Pyraminx single 3.59: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Riley Edwards — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Eli Westrick — Skewb single 3.76: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Riley Edwards — Pyraminx single 4.68: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

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

The field

72 competitors · 277 results · 7 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. Anthony Brooks won it with a 9.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.