Competitions · United States

Rose City Cubing Competition 2015

Portland, Oregon · 31 January 2015 · 7 events · 93 competitors · 83 personal bests

Luke Tycksen won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Justin Adsuara by 0.19 seconds. 93 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 58 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arvin Tang took a 2×2 single of 4.61 down to 2.55, 45 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Luke Tycksen — 4×4, 5×5

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Justin Adsuara over Ben Yu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Justin Adsuara	7.21	9.81
2×2	Ben Yu	2.54	2.93
4×4	Luke Tycksen	38.87	45.20
5×5	Luke Tycksen	1:12.77	1:20.00
3×3 one-handed	Pavan Ravindra	13.40	14.48
Pyraminx	Ryan Jew	6.04	6.65
Skewb	Eli Wimmer	6.04	6.58

The PB harvest

83 set · 33 still standing

Justin Adsuara — 3×3 single 7.21: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Vineethsubbu Somasundaram — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Arvin Tang — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Justin Adsuara — 4×4 single 41.32: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Aaron Cohen — 3×3 single 12.35: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Carson Mowrer — 2×2 single 3.26: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Brandon Mikel — 3×3 one-handed single 19.16: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
Carson Mowrer — 3×3 single 13.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

58 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

93 competitors · 378 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. Justin Adsuara won it with a 9.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.