Competitions · United States

MIT Spring 2016

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 30 April 2016 · 7 events · 92 competitors · 120 personal bests

Samuel Brenner won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Livia Kleiner by 0.18 seconds. 92 competitors produced 120 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

Evans Wood took a 2×2 single of 13.09 down to 6.33, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Samuel Brenner — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.18s

closest final — Clock, Livia Kleiner over Tim Reynolds

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Samuel Brenner	7.12	9.05
2×2	Samuel Brenner	2.10	2.46
4×4	Tim Wong	36.32	41.90
3×3 one-handed	Samuel Brenner	13.49	15.39
Clock	Livia Kleiner	10.43	11.63
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	2.98	4.21
Skewb	Chris Chi	4.48	4.95

The PB harvest

120 set · 22 still standing

Evan Ressel — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Adam Glendye — Skewb single 3.04: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Aryan Kejriwal — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Ryan DeAngelis — Pyraminx single 4.74: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Spencer Andersen — Pyraminx single 4.94: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Henry Birbiglia — 3×3 single 11.92: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Justin Wu — 3×3 single 13.20: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Evan Ressel — 4×4 single 48.16: into the top 22.3% 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

92 competitors · 451 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. Samuel Brenner won it with a 9.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.