Competitions · United States

Maybe Melrose Spring 2017

Westford, Massachusetts · 29 April 2017 · 7 events · 103 competitors · 105 personal bests

Daniel Rose-Levine won four of the seven events (4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Samuel Brenner by 0.04 seconds. 103 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aidan Drenen took a Pyraminx single of 19.29 down to 7.54, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Daniel Rose-Levine — 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Samuel Brenner over Daniel Rose-Levine

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Samuel Brenner	7.88	9.26
4×4	Daniel Rose-Levine	30.82	34.99
5×5	Samantha Raskind	56.15	1:08.09
3×3 blindfolded	Daniel Rose-Levine	1:29.14	—
3×3 one-handed	Daniel Rose-Levine	11.48	13.42
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	1.94	3.32
Square-1	Daniel Rose-Levine	9.77	11.50

The PB harvest

105 set · 18 still standing

JP Noone — Pyraminx single 3.33: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Daniel García Murillo — 3×3 single 11.74: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Stuart Joun — Pyraminx single 5.99: into the top 19.9% of the event's history.
Stuart Joun — 3×3 single 13.83: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
Sebastian Yem — 3×3 single 14.15: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
Oskar Simon — 3×3 single 14.33: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
JP Noone — Square-1 single 19.30: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
Aidan Drenen — Pyraminx single 7.54: into the top 32.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

103 competitors · 419 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. Samuel Brenner won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.