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Slow n Steady Fall 2015

College Park, Maryland · 26 September 2015 · 6 events · 163 competitors · 125 personal bests

Collin Burns won the 3×3 with a 8.40 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jabari Nuruddin by 0.01 seconds. 163 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tommy Szeliga set the Square-1 single continental record: 9.42.

6
events decided
0.01s
closest final — Skewb, Jabari Nuruddin over Joey Stahl
125
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Collin Burns7.048.40
5×5Evan Liu1:05.281:13.66
3×3 one-handedKeaton Ellis12.8514.75
MegaminxMichael Gottlieb1:01.371:08.91
SkewbJabari Nuruddin2.984.19
Square-1Tommy Szeliga9.4214.49

The PB harvest

125 set · 15 still standing
  • Brandon Huang — 3×3 single 6.85: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Dan Selzer — 3×3 one-handed single 13.30: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Charles Saroff — Skewb single 3.67: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Forrest — 3×3 single 15.63: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
  • John Newhagen — 3×3 single 15.66: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
  • Jabari Nuruddin — 5×5 single 1:41.88: into the top 36.8% of the event's history.
  • Collin Burns — 5×5 single 1:44.86: into the top 39.1% of the event's history.
  • Damian Bias — Skewb single 7.72: into the top 39.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

163 competitors · 521 results · 6 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 8.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

163 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.