Competitions · United States

MIT Fall 2011

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 17 December 2011 · 8 events · 70 competitors · 60 personal bests

Rowe Hessler won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rowe Hessler by 0.14 seconds. 70 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tim Reynolds set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 26 moves.

Two wins

Rowe Hessler — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Rowe Hessler over Anthony Brooks

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rowe Hessler	9.44	9.97
2×2	Anthony Brooks	2.33	2.90
4×4	Dan Cohen	33.41	42.41
5×5	Dan Cohen	1:06.50	1:19.72
3×3 Fewest Moves	Tim Reynolds	26 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Rowe Hessler	13.25	14.92
Megaminx	Tessa Cookmeyer	1:00.90	1:05.76
Pyraminx	Felix Lee	4.91	5.28

The PB harvest

60 set · 22 still standing

Dan Cohen — 3×3 single 7.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Patricia Li — 3×3 one-handed single 14.02: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Jichao Li (李纪超) — 3×3 single 12.31: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Chris Anderson — 3×3 single 14.41: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
Jichao Li (李纪超) — Pyraminx single 7.38: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
Chris Pelley — 3×3 single 17.03: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
Jichao Li (李纪超) — Megaminx single 1:41.21: into the top 35.3% of the event's history.
Aman Bhargava — 3×3 single 19.93: into the top 39.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 325 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

70 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.