Competitions · United States

Monument Mountain Winter 2017

Great Barrington, Massachusetts · 28 January 2017 · 6 events · 112 competitors · 166 personal bests

Kevin Costello III won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Livia Kleiner by 0.13 seconds. 112 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Evan Rich took a 2×2 single of 13.95 down to 5.79, 58 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Kevin Costello III — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.13s

closest final — Pyraminx, Livia Kleiner over Krish Shah-Nathwani

166

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kevin Costello III	7.17	7.81
2×2	Luigi Soriano	1.49	2.00
4×4	Kevin Costello III	27.67	29.90
5×5	Aryan Kejriwal	58.73	1:05.61
3×3 one-handed	Kevin Costello III	13.34	14.93
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	2.35	3.31

The PB harvest

166 set · 45 still standing

Kevin Costello III — 3×3 one-handed single 10.66: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Cormac Crump — 3×3 single 8.10: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Cormac Crump — 3×3 one-handed single 12.71: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Dylan Rhee — 3×3 single 9.49: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Dylan Rhee — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Dylan Rhee — 4×4 single 37.23: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Dylan Rhee — 3×3 one-handed single 15.78: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Spencer Andersen — 3×3 one-handed single 15.94: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

112 competitors · 543 results · 6 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. Kevin Costello III won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.