Competitions · United States

ODU Big Blue Winter 2024

Norfolk, Virginia · 17 February 2024 · 6 events · 77 competitors · 71 personal bests

Michael Nielsen won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Michael Nielsen by 0.09 seconds. 77 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gary Miller took a 2×2 single of 39.95 down to 23.10, 42 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Michael Nielsen — 3×3, 2×2

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Michael Nielsen over Charles Jerome

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Nielsen	6.37	7.55
2×2	Michael Nielsen	1.24	1.47
5×5	Hassan Khanani	57.61	1:03.99
3×3 blindfolded	Miles Greco	54.00	—
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.10	1.95
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	5.44	5.79

The PB harvest

71 set · 20 still standing

Ben Hart — 3×3 single 7.46: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Konrad Julian Jefferson Krafft — 3×3 single 8.13: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Benson Kim — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Ben Hart — 5×5 single 1:03.30: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Ben Smith — Skewb single 4.53: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Benjamin Romanow — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Rafe Price — 3×3 single 13.58: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Rafe Price — 2×2 single 3.46: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

77 competitors · 385 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. Michael Nielsen won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.