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Newport Winter Open 2014

Corona Del Mar, California · 6 December 2014 · 6 events · 75 competitors · 73 personal bests

Nathan Soria won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nick Stanton by 0.02 seconds. 75 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Vovan took a Skewb single of 12.41 down to 5.10, 59 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Nathan Soria — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Nick Stanton over Shane Grogan
73
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nathan Soria8.8810.31
2×2Nick Stanton2.062.48
4×4Nathan Soria36.0538.56
3×3 one-handedNathan Soria14.7416.33
SkewbNathan Soria3.113.97
Square-1Michael Young13.8316.67

The PB harvest

73 set · 15 still standing
  • Ethan Yeoh — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Nick Li — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Nelson — 3×3 single 12.13: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Nick Li — 3×3 one-handed single 18.35: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Jacob Holladay — 2×2 single 3.73: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
  • Alex Davani — Skewb single 6.14: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.
  • Matt Bahr — 4×4 single 55.82: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
  • Nolan Yoshimoto — 2×2 single 4.79: into the top 36.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

75 competitors · 294 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. Nathan Soria won it with a 10.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.