Competitions · United States

Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016

Ann Arbor, Michigan · 26 March 2016 · 11 events · 79 competitors · 87 personal bests

Lucas Etter won three of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lucas Etter by 0.17 seconds. 79 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Sreeram Venkatarao set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 24.57.

Three wins

Lucas Etter — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5

0.17s

closest final — 3×3, Lucas Etter over Rowe Hessler

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lucas Etter	7.79	8.87
2×2	Lucas Etter	1.54	1.95
5×5	Lucas Etter	1:01.22	1:13.00
3×3 blindfolded	Sreeram Venkatarao	24.57	29.48
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ryan DeLine	26 moves	28.33
3×3 one-handed	Pavan Ravindra	12.39	12.92
Skewb	Leo Min-Bedford	3.11	4.61
Square-1	Nathan Dwyer	9.94	13.81
4×4 blindfolded	Brandon Mikel	8:33.96	—
5×5 blindfolded	Mark Boyanowski	10:06.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mark Boyanowski	31 of 32 cubes · 54:27	—

The PB harvest

87 set · 28 still standing

Leo Min-Bedford — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Sreeram Venkatarao — 3×3 blindfolded single 24.57: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Ross Svensson-Hornbostel — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Brandon Mikel — 3×3 single 8.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Julian David — 3×3 one-handed single 13.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Neel Shah — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Ross Svensson-Hornbostel — 3×3 single 9.25: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Ross Svensson-Hornbostel — 3×3 one-handed single 14.55: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 455 results · 11 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. Lucas Etter won it with a 8.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.