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Slow n Steady Fall 2014

College Park, Maryland · 9 November 2014 · 5 events · 85 competitors · 69 personal bests

Collin Burns won the 3×3 with a 8.22 and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Michael Gottlieb by 0.18 seconds. 85 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ramtin Ghaffari took a 2×2 single of 24.44 down to 9.59, 61 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.18s
closest final — 4×4, Michael Gottlieb over Ishmam Mirza
69
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Collin Burns7.678.22
2×2Julianna Bennett2.633.20
4×4Michael Gottlieb39.2441.51
MegaminxNick Rech44.641:01.29
PyraminxFelix Lee3.314.21

The PB harvest

69 set · 19 still standing
  • Eli Lifland — Pyraminx single 3.24: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Eli Lifland — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Andy Huang — Pyraminx single 4.86: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Zachary Nikolaus — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Mike Kotch — Megaminx single 1:20.91: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
  • Dhruv Randeria — 4×4 single 52.94: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Kearney — Pyraminx single 7.11: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
  • Rafee Mirza — 2×2 single 4.44: into the top 32.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

85 competitors · 320 results · 5 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. Collin Burns 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.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.