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Competitions · United States

Manhasset Spring 2016

Manhasset, New York · 16 April 2016 · 9 events · 103 competitors · 78 personal bests

Brandon Lin (林博浩) won two of the nine events (Square-1, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Pavan Ravindra by 0.03 seconds. 103 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Livia Kleiner set the Skewb single continental record: 1.83.

Two wins
Brandon Lin (林博浩) — Square-1, 5×5 blindfolded
0.03s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Pavan Ravindra over Patrick Ponce
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce6.528.13
5×5Michael Gottlieb1:06.111:10.08
3×3 one-handedPavan Ravindra11.4612.83
MegaminxNicolas Naing41.0445.53
SkewbLivia Kleiner1.834.40
Square-1Brandon Lin (林博浩)7.2510.68
4×4 blindfoldedCorey Sakowski6:24.18—
5×5 blindfoldedBrandon Lin (林博浩)39:32.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindMark Boyanowski25 of 31 cubes · 59:50—

The PB harvest

78 set · 13 still standing
  • Billy Burier — 3×3 single 9.11: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Finkel — 3×3 single 15.17: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
  • Connor Bodie — 3×3 single 15.89: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.
  • Syam Angalakuditi — 3×3 single 16.76: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
  • Jack Adrion — 3×3 single 16.90: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.
  • Liam Egan — 3×3 single 17.34: into the top 32.1% of the event's history.
  • Jeffrey Pan — 5×5 single 1:41.04: into the top 36.2% of the event's history.
  • Soham Shashikumar — 5×5 single 1:43.41: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

103 competitors · 425 results · 9 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.