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Slow N Steady Spring 2016

College Park, Maryland · 18 June 2016 · 10 events · 284 competitors · 298 personal bests

Lucas Etter won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lucas Etter by 0.09 seconds. 284 competitors produced 298 personal bests, 96 of which still stand today, and 79 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lucas Etter set the 3×3 average continental record: 7.06.

Three wins
Lucas Etter — 2×2, 4×4, Skewb
0.09s
closest final — 2×2, Lucas Etter over Daniel Karnaukh
298
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Collin Burns6.938.17
2×2Lucas Etter1.481.94
4×4Lucas Etter32.1633.91
5×5Aryan Kejriwal1:04.671:09.07
7×7Keaton Ellis3:27.793:41.45
3×3 one-handedJustin Mallari11.1112.65
MegaminxDana Yi59.071:01.79
PyraminxLivia Kleiner2.713.61
SkewbLucas Etter3.683.97
Square-1Rowe Hessler9.7211.82

The PB harvest

298 set · 96 still standing
  • Ishmam Mirza — 3×3 single 6.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Amod Mathur — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Allison Li — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • William Orrell — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Aryan Kejriwal — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Arthur Hu — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Eric Wang — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Sam Snodgrass — Pyraminx single 5.02: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

79 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

284 competitors · 1473 results · 10 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 8.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

284 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.