Competitions · United States

MIT Fall 2015

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 12 December 2015 · 7 events · 102 competitors · 123 personal bests

Collin Burns won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Jonah Crosby by 0.07 seconds. 102 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Collin Burns set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 12.53.

Two wins

Collin Burns — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 4×4, Jonah Crosby over Edward Lin

123

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Collin Burns	7.29	7.69
2×2	Daniel Rose-Levine	2.44	2.98
4×4	Jonah Crosby	30.45	38.50
3×3 one-handed	Collin Burns	10.82	12.53
Pyraminx	JP Bulman	3.80	4.38
Skewb	Livia Kleiner	4.38	6.38
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	9 of 9 cubes · 35:14	—

The PB harvest

123 set · 42 still standing

Edward Lin — 3×3 one-handed single 11.64: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Joey Rozman — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Vishantak Srikrishna — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Matt Bahner — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Scott Haller — 3×3 single 11.15: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Vishantak Srikrishna — Skewb single 4.19: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Alex Hagen — 3×3 single 11.78: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Jack McNamee — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 439 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. Collin Burns won it with a 7.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.