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Small Cubes Open 2015

Brownsville, Texas · 30 May 2015 · 6 events · 16 competitors · 12 personal bests

Anthony Brooks won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dawson Gonzalez by 0.06 seconds. 16 competitors produced 12 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Karen Brooks set the 3×3 single national record: 1:27.11.

Two wins
Anthony Brooks — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.06s
closest final — 2×2, Dawson Gonzalez over Anthony Brooks
12
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anthony Brooks7.279.32
2×2Dawson Gonzalez3.023.88
3×3 blindfoldedShonathon Collins
3×3 Fewest MovesShonathon Collins31 moves
3×3 one-handedAnthony Brooks15.8517.65
SkewbDawson Gonzalez6.017.06

The PB harvest

12 set · 1 still standing
  • Matthew Sun — 3×3 one-handed single 26.90: into the top 39.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

16 competitors · 71 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. Anthony Brooks won it with a 9.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

16 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.