Competitions · United States

MCC Gamma 2015

Ann Arbor, Michigan · 13 September 2015 · 8 events · 62 competitors · 50 personal bests

Andy Denney won two of the eight events (Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Blake Thompson by 0.24 seconds. 62 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Seth Rowell took a 3×3 single of 34.27 down to 13.50, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Andy Denney — Megaminx, Skewb

0.24s

closest final — 3×3, Blake Thompson over Andy Denney

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Blake Thompson	8.00	9.13
6×6	James Hildreth	2:16.14	2:23.83
3×3 blindfolded	Sreeram Venkatarao	30.39	—
3×3 one-handed	Jonathan Esparaz	13.75	15.17
Megaminx	Andy Denney	55.20	1:04.74
Skewb	Andy Denney	4.50	5.78
Square-1	Nathan Dwyer	11.97	21.20
3×3 with feet	Mason Langenderfer	1:07.13	1:12.52

The PB harvest

50 set · 17 still standing

Jason Frantz — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Deven Mallamo — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Jonathan Karn — 3×3 single 11.70: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Jonathan Karn — Skewb single 4.36: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Austin Smith — 3×3 single 13.62: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
Sante' Dybowski — 3×3 single 16.53: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
Deven Mallamo — 3×3 one-handed single 23.31: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
Jonathan Karn — 3×3 one-handed single 25.24: into the top 34.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

62 competitors · 256 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. Blake Thompson won it with a 9.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.