Competitions · United States

UMass ODS Fall 2016

Amherst, Massachusetts · 10 December 2016 · 7 events · 91 competitors · 96 personal bests

Jonah Crosby won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Luigi Soriano by 0.04 seconds. 91 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Anonymous took a 2×2 single of 11.18 down to 5.05, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jonah Crosby — 4×4, 5×5

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Luigi Soriano over Kymberlyn Calderon

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rose-Levine	9.00	9.78
2×2	Luigi Soriano	1.88	2.70
4×4	Jonah Crosby	33.79	37.58
5×5	Jonah Crosby	1:02.70	1:13.34
3×3 blindfolded	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	34.91	—
3×3 one-handed	Andrew Bae	12.71	14.40
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)	12 of 13 cubes · 36:44	—

The PB harvest

96 set · 28 still standing

Torsten Gartenberg — 3×3 single 9.50: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Torsten Gartenberg — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Spanierman — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Marcello Molisse — 3×3 single 13.97: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Oliver Price — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:26.91: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Anders Gartenberg — 3×3 single 14.41: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
Nicholas Werner — 2×2 single 3.82: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
Jae Young Seo — 3×3 one-handed single 21.38: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

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

The field

91 competitors · 366 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. Daniel Rose-Levine won it with a 9.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.