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Competitions · United States

Nisei Week 2014

Los Angeles, California · 9 August 2014 · 2 events · 67 competitors · 18 personal bests

James Hamory won the 3×3 with a 9.68 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by James Hamory by 0.69 seconds. 67 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joshua Alba took a 3×3 single of 31.25 down to 15.41, 51 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
0.69s
closest final — 3×3, James Hamory over Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維)
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3James Hamory8.329.68
3×3 one-handedNeil Morales12.7615.47

The PB harvest

18 set · 6 still standing
  • Cameron Brown — 3×3 single 7.62: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Steven Zakravsky — 3×3 single 16.24: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Noh — 3×3 single 32.09: into the top 66.0% of the event's history.
  • Steven Zakravsky — 3×3 one-handed single 42.79: into the top 69.1% of the event's history.
  • Darwin Wen Da Xiao — 3×3 single 44.87: into the top 81.9% of the event's history.
  • Sam Kaplan — 3×3 single 45.05: into the top 82.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

67 competitors · 115 results · 2 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. James Hamory won it with a 9.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.