Competitions · United States

ODU Big Blue Spring 2016

Norfolk, Virginia · 23 April 2016 · 7 events · 68 competitors · 53 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) by 0.31 seconds. 68 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nathaniel Zhang took a 3×3 single of 46.88 down to 15.49, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Keaton Ellis — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.31s

closest final — 4×4, Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) over Keaton Ellis

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	7.32	8.28
4×4	Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)	40.06	41.08
5×5	Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)	1:06.62	1:10.62
3×3 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	48.79	59.56
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	11.90	13.21
Pyraminx	Henry Savich	2.73	3.79
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	10.15	11.47

The PB harvest

53 set · 12 still standing

Jacob Rife — Pyraminx single 5.32: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Chloe Lee — 3×3 single 13.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Grace Mercado — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Zhang — 3×3 single 15.49: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Jason Wong — Pyraminx single 6.94: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.
Aaron Squire — Pyraminx single 7.04: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
Ben Cozzens — 3×3 single 16.60: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
Dominic Becker — 3×3 single 17.14: into the top 31.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

68 competitors · 275 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.