Competitions · United States

MIT Spring 2015

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 2 May 2015 · 7 events · 124 competitors · 151 personal bests

Arlo Sims won three of the seven events (2×2, Clock, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Tim Wong by 0.28 seconds. 124 competitors produced 151 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nick Partridge took a Skewb single of 23.88 down to 9.07, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Arlo Sims — 2×2, Clock, Skewb

0.28s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Tim Wong over Samuel Brenner

151

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jonah Crosby	8.06	8.56
2×2	Arlo Sims	2.49	3.11
4×4	Tim Wong	33.75	38.57
3×3 one-handed	Tim Wong	15.69	18.66
Clock	Arlo Sims	9.74	11.59
Pyraminx	Henry Savich	2.58	4.58
Skewb	Arlo Sims	3.27	4.56

The PB harvest

151 set · 41 still standing

Stanley Nerkowski IV — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Rohan Minocha — Pyraminx single 4.64: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Matt DiPalma — 3×3 one-handed single 16.60: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Arlo Sims — 3×3 one-handed single 17.12: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Oliver Adelson — 2×2 single 2.98: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Rob Stuart — 3×3 single 12.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Alex Li — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Sean Bourque — 2×2 single 3.28: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

124 competitors · 520 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. Jonah Crosby won it with a 8.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

124 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.