Competitions · United States

US Nationals 2016

Portland, Oregon · 29 July 2016 · 17 events · 534 competitors · 976 personal bests

Kevin Hays won three of the 17 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lucas Etter by 0.02 seconds. 534 competitors produced 976 personal bests, 247 of which still stand today, and 82 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Juan Pablo Huanqui set the Megaminx single world record: 35.50.

Three wins

Kevin Hays — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Lucas Etter over Bill Wang

976

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lucas Etter	6.95	7.54
2×2	Lucas Etter	1.54	2.18
4×4	Bill Wang	25.25	27.91
5×5	Kevin Hays	49.85	55.49
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:37.04	1:49.80
7×7	Kevin Hays	2:25.87	2:32.04
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	30.10	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Brandon Harnish	26 moves	28.33
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	11.08	12.32
Clock	Robbie Villarica	6.19	7.52
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	36.40	41.73
Pyraminx	Livia Kleiner	2.56	2.99
Skewb	Jayden McNeill	3.42	3.86
Square-1	Ty Marshall	9.02	10.75
4×4 blindfolded	Cale Schoon	2:59.91	—
5×5 blindfolded	Cale Schoon	8:38.84	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mark Boyanowski	33 of 35 cubes · 56:44	—

The PB harvest

976 set · 247 still standing

Ben Yu — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Alex Johnson — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Libby — Skewb single 2.68: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Sirish Nutakki — Pyraminx single 3.05: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Ty Marshall — Pyraminx single 3.20: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Vineethsubbu Somasundaram — Pyraminx single 3.27: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Ian Fischer — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
AJ Blair — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

82 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

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

534 competitors · 4676 results · 17 events.

Everyone who competed

534 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.