Competitions · United States

Melrose Summer 2016

Melrose, Massachusetts · 23 July 2016 · 9 events · 69 competitors · 75 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ben Marlin by 0.04 seconds. 69 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vivek Iyer took a Pyraminx single of 6.39 down to 4.06, 36 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Keaton Ellis — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Ben Marlin over Livia Kleiner

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	8.20	8.72
2×2	Ben Marlin	2.72	3.43
4×4	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	31.59	33.49
5×5	Brandon Delacruz	1:05.84	1:09.21
6×6	Jonah Crosby	2:16.70	2:23.22
3×3 blindfolded	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	32.82	—
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	12.11	13.29
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	3.14	3.47
Skewb	Chris Chi	3.03	3.61

The PB harvest

75 set · 22 still standing

Aden Malone — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
James Donahue — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
JP Bulman — Skewb single 3.65: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Ben Marlin — Skewb single 3.74: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Aden Malone — Skewb single 4.22: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Vivek Iyer — 2×2 single 3.06: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Palmer Berry — Pyraminx single 6.64: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
Trent Calibo — Pyraminx single 6.87: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

69 competitors · 387 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.