Competitions · United States

Sharon Winter 2016

Sharon, Massachusetts · 30 January 2016 · 7 events · 81 competitors · 79 personal bests

Samuel Brenner won two of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Samuel Brenner by 0.00 seconds. 81 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kevin Fitzgerald took a 3×3 single of 45.78 down to 24.91, 46 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Samuel Brenner — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.00s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Samuel Brenner over Tim Wong

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrew Ricci	6.40	8.10
2×2	Samuel Brenner	1.99	2.58
4×4	Jonah Crosby	32.00	36.47
5×5	Samantha Raskind	1:03.98	1:07.90
6×6	Samantha Raskind	2:10.48	2:21.38
7×7	Tim Wong	3:33.20	3:44.04
3×3 one-handed	Samuel Brenner	14.99	18.26

The PB harvest

79 set · 16 still standing

Tim Wong — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Maxwell Freda — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Nick Fulham — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Zachary Eisbach — 3×3 single 15.57: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
Ryan Paradie — 3×3 single 16.37: into the top 29.0% of the event's history.
Zachary Eisbach — 2×2 single 4.28: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
Nick Fulham — 5×5 single 1:38.33: into the top 34.1% of the event's history.
Kevin Fitzgerald — 2×2 single 5.76: into the top 48.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

81 competitors · 346 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. Andrew Ricci won it with a 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.