Competitions · United States

Puget Sound Fall 2016

Tacoma, Washington · 15 October 2016 · 8 events · 88 competitors · 86 personal bests

Ian Nanney won two of the eight events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Raber by 0.15 seconds. 88 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ty Cox took a 3×3 single of 1:29.12 down to 30.29, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ian Nanney — 6×6, 7×7

0.15s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Raber over Ben Yu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Yu	8.95	9.69
4×4	Aaron LoPrete	39.07	40.75
6×6	Ian Nanney	2:39.30	2:53.59
7×7	Ian Nanney	3:27.50	3:49.40
3×3 blindfolded	Ishaan Agrawal	40.32	—
3×3 one-handed	Wenshun Zhou (周文舜)	17.74	20.35
Clock	Kit Clement	7.23	9.22
Pyraminx	Daniel Raber	3.31	5.71

The PB harvest

86 set · 25 still standing

Spencer Slaton — 3×3 single 11.44: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Aaron Abramowitz — 4×4 single 40.36: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Aidan Sleavin — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:00.98: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Ciaran Moses — 3×3 single 12.51: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Wenshun Zhou (周文舜) — 4×4 single 43.09: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Ian Nanney — 7×7 single 3:27.50: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Raber — Clock single 9.34: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Max Hilliard — 3×3 one-handed single 20.50: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

88 competitors · 349 results · 8 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. Ben Yu won it with a 9.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.