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Stanford Spring 2012

Stanford, California · 6 May 2012 · 10 events · 37 competitors · 40 personal bests

Mitchell Lane won three of the ten events (Megaminx, Pyraminx, Master Magic) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Ryan Jew by 0.44 seconds. 37 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) set the 3×3 average national record: 10.14.

Three wins
Mitchell Lane — Megaminx, Pyraminx, Master Magic
0.44s
closest final — Magic, Ryan Jew over Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維)9.9110.14
2×2Edward Lin2.312.77
5×5Edward Lin1:17.811:27.52
3×3 blindfoldedShelley Chang1:48.77
3×3 one-handedJeremy Fleischman14.6616.65
MegaminxMitchell Lane1:28.561:32.58
PyraminxMitchell Lane5.836.90
Square-1Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)14.0017.48
MagicRyan Jew1.091.14
Master MagicMitchell Lane2.273.12

The PB harvest

40 set · 15 still standing
  • Mitchell Lane — Magic single 0.86: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
  • Mitchell Lane — Master Magic single 2.27: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Jew — Magic single 1.05: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Jessica Uribe — Magic single 1.11: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Yi-Hsueh Chu (朱弈學) — Master Magic single 2.91: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) — Magic single 1.33: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
  • Jessica Uribe — Square-1 single 23.09: into the top 34.9% of the event's history.
  • Albert Chu (朱書廷) — Magic single 1.55: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 163 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

37 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.