Competitions · United States

Weston Spring 2016

Weston, Massachusetts · 2 April 2016 · 8 events · 95 competitors · 107 personal bests

Samantha Raskind won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Eva Kato by 0.01 seconds. 95 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Layne Vieira took a 2×2 single of 8.88 down to 2.53, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Samantha Raskind — 4×4, 5×5, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Eva Kato over Samuel Brenner

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrew Ricci	6.77	8.20
2×2	Eva Kato	1.94	2.63
4×4	Samantha Raskind	35.56	37.36
5×5	Samantha Raskind	1:01.19	1:10.35
7×7	Samantha Raskind	3:21.96	3:32.16
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	46.00	—
3×3 one-handed	Pavan Ravindra	10.49	13.07
Pyraminx	Daniel Wu	3.38	4.51

The PB harvest

107 set · 26 still standing

Trent Calibo — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Layne Vieira — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Jae Young Seo — 3×3 single 11.37: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Nikolas Praschma — 2×2 single 3.09: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Edward Lacson — 4×4 single 44.85: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Billy Randolph — 2×2 single 3.34: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Jae Young Seo — 2×2 single 3.38: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Ben Sorrentino — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

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

The field

95 competitors · 449 results · 8 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. Andrew Ricci won it with a 8.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.