Competitions · United States

Rocky Mountain Winter 2016

Boulder, Colorado · 9 January 2016 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 100 personal bests

Dylan Hughlett won two of the six events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Dylan Hughlett by 0.05 seconds. 76 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gustavo Riveiro set the Skewb single national record: 26.77.

Two wins

Dylan Hughlett — 2×2, Skewb

0.05s

closest final — Skewb, Dylan Hughlett over Alex Walker

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Casey Chipman	10.07	10.76
2×2	Dylan Hughlett	2.12	2.95
4×4	Dan Cohen	36.61	40.04
3×3 one-handed	AJ Blair	17.60	22.55
Pyraminx	AJ Blair	3.58	4.25
Skewb	Dylan Hughlett	4.22	7.72

The PB harvest

100 set · 40 still standing

AJ Blair — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Jackson Warley — 4×4 single 34.07: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Tommy Koszowski — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Benjamin Hoppes — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Benjamin Hoppes — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Ryan Sturt — Pyraminx single 4.78: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Patrick Murphy — 3×3 single 11.63: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Nathan Gonzales — 3×3 single 11.88: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 366 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. Casey Chipman won it with a 10.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.