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MIT Winter 2020

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 12 January 2020 · 5 events · 118 competitors · 125 personal bests

Daniel Gutierrez won the 3×3 with a 8.14 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Daniel Gutierrez by 0.13 seconds. 118 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Noah Kokinos took a 3×3 single of 47.44 down to 18.45, 61 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.13s
closest final — 3×3, Daniel Gutierrez over Sandy Aaron Jones
125
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Gutierrez7.688.14
4×4Kevin Costello III27.1130.97
5×5Jonah Crosby54.2859.02
MegaminxAidan McKenzie41.5044.51
SkewbAdriel Wiebe3.394.52

The PB harvest

125 set · 40 still standing
  • Joshua Zhang — 3×3 single 7.81: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Nuriel Vera-Degraff — 3×3 single 8.65: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Miles Lipka — 3×3 single 9.68: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Aarush Raj — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Henry Lipka — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Zhang — 5×5 single 1:05.89: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Sandy Aaron Jones — 5×5 single 1:07.40: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Zhang — Skewb single 4.12: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

118 competitors · 486 results · 5 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. Daniel Gutierrez won it with a 8.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.