Competitions · United States
MVCS Spring 2017
Watsonville, California · 18 March 2017 · 5 events · 59 competitors · 62 personal bests
Alex Johnson won the 3×3 with a 8.13 and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Christopher Yen by 0.05 seconds. 59 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Ryan Lee took a Pyraminx single of 8.77 down to 4.89, 44 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Alex Johnson | 6.40 | 8.13 |
| 2×2 | Varun Mohanraj | 2.49 | 3.45 |
| 4×4 | Christopher Yen | 37.07 | 39.18 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Weston Mizumoto | 13.02 | 16.23 |
| Pyraminx | Nathan Nakaguchi | 4.61 | 5.40 |
The PB harvest
62 set · 17 still standing- Albert You — 3×3 single 9.17: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
- Ryan Lee — Pyraminx single 4.89: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
- Devon Lenwell — Pyraminx single 5.08: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
- Albert You — Pyraminx single 5.21: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
- Aidan Hallinan — Pyraminx single 5.40: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
- Rishi Khare — 2×2 single 3.66: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
- Aditya Pawar — 3×3 single 15.51: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
- Dimitri Dennis — 2×2 single 4.16: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
19 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
59 competitors · 250 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. Alex Johnson won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B R U F' D L' B2 R' B' R2 F2 U2 R F2 B2 R' B2 L D2 L - 2
D B2 U B2 L2 R2 D' B2 D' L' F2 U' L2 D2 B' D' R2 B L' - 3
B' R B U F' B L U R2 L' U R2 U2 R B2 D2 L' B2 - 4
B' L2 B' L2 B' D2 B R2 F R' U L' R U2 R' B2 U' L2 D' U - 5
U2 B D2 F' L2 B2 F' L2 D B2 D B' U2 R2 D B' L' U2 L2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
59 competitors- Aditya Pawar
- Aidan Costello
- Aidan Hallinan
- Akshar Sarvesh
- Albert You
- Alex Johnson
- Alexander Parsons
- Ant Irizarry
- Ari Rutman
- Brandon Harnish
- Brody Tanner
- Bryce Mankovsky
- Chris Dennis
- Christopher Yen
- Colin Sheidenberger
- Cooper Lucey
- Daniel Eidson
- Darius Raymond Rotran
- David Adams
- David Collins
- Daxtyn Phillips-Stock
- Devon Lenwell
- Dhruv Bharadwaj
- Dimitri Dennis
- Eric Yang
- Ethan Garcia
- Evan Mann
- Felix Lee
- Geno Meschi
- Hyunsun Ow
- Jack Agler
- Jacob Montoya
- Jacob Posner
- Jandell Ryan Ko
- Jett Mitchell
- John Mahvi
- Jonathan Liu
- Marcello Severo
- Marcus Kuo
- Matthew Mineta
- Michael Saad
- Nathan Nakaguchi
- Neel Gore
- Neha Gore
- Neil Johnson
- Noah Izaguirre
- Noah Nakaguchi
- Owen Rosales
- Paul Mahvi
- Rishi Khare
- Ryan Jew
- Ryan Lee
- Sam Schultz
- Sasha Vilela
- Shawn Azman
- Siddharth Manchkanti
- Tin Nguyen
- Varun Mohanraj
- Weston Mizumoto
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.