Competitions · United States

Liberty Science 2015

Jersey City, New Jersey · 19 December 2015 · 6 events · 110 competitors · 136 personal bests

Rowe Hessler won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rowe Hessler by 0.02 seconds. 110 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Christopher DiNatale took a 2×2 single of 31.76 down to 7.60, 76 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Rowe Hessler — 3×3, 2×2

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Rowe Hessler over Patrick Ponce

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rowe Hessler	8.39	9.35
2×2	Rowe Hessler	1.87	2.25
3×3 blindfolded	Noa Arthurs	29.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	11.26	12.79
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.61	3.54
Skewb	Alexander Markoulis	3.65	4.48

The PB harvest

136 set · 45 still standing

Alexander Yu — 3×3 one-handed single 14.86: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Kian Barry — Pyraminx single 4.44: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Saumit Kale — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Maximus Shafik — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Evan Ressel — Skewb single 4.26: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Andy Chen — Skewb single 4.30: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Justin Strumpf — Pyraminx single 5.59: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Maximus Shafik — Pyraminx single 5.64: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

110 competitors · 516 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. Rowe Hessler won it with a 9.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.