Competitions · United States

SPCS Stanford Spring 2015

Stanford, California · 19 April 2015 · 9 events · 105 competitors · 99 personal bests

Mitchell Lane won four of the nine events (4×4, Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anthony Brooks by 0.03 seconds. 105 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Cole Summerhays took a 2×2 single of 14.34 down to 4.22, 71 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Mitchell Lane — 4×4, Clock, Megaminx, Square-1

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Anthony Brooks over Mitchell Lane

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Brooks	8.23	8.67
2×2	Anthony Brooks	1.84	2.63
4×4	Mitchell Lane	35.49	37.15
3×3 blindfolded	Riley Woo	43.32	—
3×3 one-handed	Jabari Nuruddin	12.63	14.45
Clock	Mitchell Lane	10.27	10.99
Megaminx	Mitchell Lane	1:06.21	1:15.85
Skewb	Jabari Nuruddin	3.61	4.44
Square-1	Mitchell Lane	19.03	28.44

The PB harvest

99 set · 33 still standing

Ansuman Somasundaram — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Simon Montrose — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Amos You — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
James Tran — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Maya Luna Celeste — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Kyle Wilson — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Bethany Bin — 3×3 single 13.21: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
Kalvin Goode (張良瑋) — 3×3 single 13.56: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

105 competitors · 367 results · 9 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 8.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.