Competitions · United States

Princeton Spring 2013

Princeton, New Jersey · 30 March 2013 · 12 events · 89 competitors · 106 personal bests

Corey Sakowski won four of the twelve events (3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Corey Sakowski by 0.13 seconds. 89 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tessa Cookmeyer set the Megaminx single national record: 51.27.

Four wins

Corey Sakowski — 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.13s

closest final — Pyraminx, Corey Sakowski over Alex Thielemier

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Justin Mallari	7.33	9.80
2×2	Timothy Sun	3.38	3.80
4×4	Dan Selzer	37.21	44.47
5×5	Timothy Sun	1:22.18	1:31.37
3×3 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	55.21	—
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	13.02	15.38
Clock	Alex Thielemier	9.56	11.01
Megaminx	Nick Rech	51.31	57.37
Pyraminx	Corey Sakowski	3.93	5.78
Square-1	Brandon Lin (林博浩)	12.55	16.32
4×4 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	5:37.56	—
5×5 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	14:24.00	—

The PB harvest

106 set · 34 still standing

Mike Woyden — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Alexander Yu — 3×3 single 10.47: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Aaron Wong — 3×3 single 11.91: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Jon Rothman — 3×3 one-handed single 19.94: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
Theodore Faust — 3×3 single 13.83: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
Nathan Bierema — 3×3 single 14.33: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Yu — 4×4 single 50.69: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Brian Qiu — 4×4 single 51.97: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 435 results · 12 events.

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.