Competitions · United States

River Hill Winter 2015

Clarksville, Maryland · 7 March 2015 · 7 events · 122 competitors · 119 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won two of the seven events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Collin Burns by 0.08 seconds. 122 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Evan Miller took a 3×3 single of 49.44 down to 17.42, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Keaton Ellis — 3×3, 5×5

0.08s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Collin Burns over Keaton Ellis

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	7.95	8.22
4×4	Patrick Ponce	31.24	32.47
5×5	Keaton Ellis	1:04.49	1:13.98
7×7	Michael Gottlieb	3:10.95	3:23.92
3×3 one-handed	Collin Burns	11.17	13.76
Skewb	Joey Stahl	4.45	4.92
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	14.69	17.51

The PB harvest

119 set · 15 still standing

Young-Joon Choi — 3×3 single 10.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Jason Tang — 3×3 single 12.61: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Phan — 3×3 single 13.20: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Young-Joon Choi — 4×4 single 50.01: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
Evan Miller — 3×3 single 17.42: into the top 32.3% of the event's history.
Young-Joon Choi — 3×3 one-handed single 25.03: into the top 34.3% of the event's history.
Naomi Rubin — 3×3 single 19.29: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.
Jason Tang — 4×4 single 1:09.48: into the top 46.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

122 competitors · 402 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 8.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

122 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.