Competitions · United States
Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015
Fort Wayne, Indiana · 26 September 2015 · 7 events · 44 competitors · 31 personal bests
Nathan Dwyer won two of the seven events (5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Blake Thompson by 0.64 seconds. 44 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Tyler Brodzinski took a Megaminx single of 4:06.99 down to 2:22.42, 42 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Blake Thompson | 7.53 | 8.98 |
| 5×5 | Nathan Dwyer | 1:12.10 | 1:16.10 |
| 7×7 | James Hildreth | 3:19.74 | 3:21.58 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Sreeram Venkatarao | 29.95 | — |
| Megaminx | Nathan Dwyer | 1:08.63 | 1:15.73 |
| Square-1 | Sam Nave | 13.11 | 14.15 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Mark Boyanowski | 5:44.63 | — |
The PB harvest
31 set · 10 still standing- Jaret Wilmoth — 3×3 single 11.63: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
- Patrick Vinas — 3×3 single 12.80: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
- Myles Casanas — 7×7 single 3:26.02: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
- Sam Nave — Megaminx single 1:30.37: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.
- Peter Balke — 5×5 single 1:54.75: into the top 45.8% of the event's history.
- Jaret Wilmoth — 7×7 single 4:53.17: into the top 48.7% of the event's history.
- Elizabeth Yoder — 3×3 single 31.11: into the top 64.4% of the event's history.
- Dalton Pearson — 3×3 single 32.18: into the top 66.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
16 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
44 competitors · 188 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. Blake Thompson won it with a 8.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 D F2 U R2 D B2 D2 U' F2 L2 F U F' R2 B' L2 R U L' F - 2
U2 B F' R2 B' L2 D2 F' R' D2 U2 R2 B' U2 B2 F D F' L - 3
B' U' F' R' B' L D2 L2 U' R L D2 L2 U2 L2 D' B2 U' R2 L2 - 4
F2 U2 F' L' D2 R' L2 F U2 L B2 U F2 L2 U' L2 D F2 R2 - 5
U F' R F B2 U' F' B' L B2 U2 F2 L2 U R2 D B2 L2 D F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
44 competitors- Aaron Abramowitz
- Abigail Yoder
- AJ Garrett
- Amber Hockstok
- Ben Zoller
- Blake Thompson
- Borja Perez
- Braden Hough
- Brandon Satterstrom
- Brendan Forish
- Conner Smith
- Connor Kempf
- Dalton Pearson
- Devin Guerrero
- Elizabeth Yoder
- Gabriel Platte
- Hunter Kasravi
- Ian Brown
- Jacob Edwards
- Jacob Griffin
- James Hildreth
- Jaret Wilmoth
- Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni
- Joshua Feran
- Julian Lachniet
- Kyle Satterstrom
- Lucas Yoder
- Mark Boyanowski
- Mark Shope
- Myles Casanas
- Nathan Dwyer
- Patrick Vinas
- Peter Balke
- Philip Balke
- Raphael Platte
- Ross Svensson-Hornbostel
- Ross Vardaman
- Ryan DeLine
- Ryan Edwards
- Ryan O'Dell
- Sam Fairchild
- Sam Nave
- Sreeram Venkatarao
- Tyler Brodzinski
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.