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Competitions · United States

New York City Summer 2016

Flushing, New York · 10 September 2016 · 8 events · 89 competitors · 93 personal bests

Aryan Kejriwal won two of the eight events (5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jabari Nuruddin by 0.06 seconds. 89 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Saik Anam Joaddar Siam set the 4×4 single national record: 1:41.87.

Two wins
Aryan Kejriwal — 5×5, 7×7
0.06s
closest final — 3×3, Jabari Nuruddin over Keaton Ellis
93
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jabari Nuruddin7.928.86
2×2Daniel Karnaukh1.692.15
4×4Jasmine Hazel Mackin34.6137.58
5×5Aryan Kejriwal59.021:10.98
7×7Aryan Kejriwal3:28.183:32.39
3×3 blindfoldedBrandon Lin (林博浩)1:43.422:02.93
3×3 one-handedJustin Mallari10.8012.27
SkewbLivia Kleiner2.724.08

The PB harvest

93 set · 18 still standing
  • Stanley Nerkowski IV — Skewb single 3.49: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Stachu Korick — 3×3 single 10.98: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Michael Wu — 3×3 single 11.05: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Justin Strumpf — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Jabari Nuruddin — 4×4 single 40.22: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Mark Guliaiev — 3×3 single 11.76: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
  • Stachu Korick — 3×3 one-handed single 19.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Joe Lu — 3×3 single 16.98: into the top 30.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 481 results · 8 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. Jabari Nuruddin won it with a 8.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.