Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady Winter 2016

College Park, Maryland · 30 January 2016 · 7 events · 210 competitors · 166 personal bests

Collin Burns won the 3×3 with a 8.64 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Collin Burns by 0.54 seconds. 210 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 75 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Brandon Lin (林博浩) set the Square-1 average world record: 9.90.

events decided

0.54s

closest final — 3×3, Collin Burns over Keaton Ellis

166

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Collin Burns	5.38	8.64
4×4	Chanoe Park	30.97	36.88
3×3 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	1:27.62	—
3×3 one-handed	Pavan Ravindra	9.02	11.26
Clock	Michael Gottlieb	9.73	10.53
Megaminx	Nick Rech	44.49	57.73
Square-1	Brandon Lin (林博浩)	7.37	9.90

The PB harvest

166 set · 36 still standing

Isaiah Hopkins — 3×3 single 8.54: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Michael Gottlieb — 3×3 single 8.88: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Ankush Hommerich-Dutt — 3×3 one-handed single 13.91: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Mudit Mathur — 3×3 single 10.92: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Ken Strother — 4×4 single 40.39: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Isaiah Hopkins — 3×3 one-handed single 17.67: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Alex Thielemier — Clock single 8.26: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Eric Hebert — 3×3 single 12.76: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

75 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

210 competitors · 654 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. Collin Burns won it with a 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

210 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.