Competitions · United States

Virginia Open Fall 2015

Charlottesville, Virginia · 14 November 2015 · 6 events · 103 competitors · 103 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won the 3×3 with a 8.15 and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Collin Burns by 0.09 seconds. 103 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ben MacGregor took a 2×2 single of 12.91 down to 4.29, 67 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.09s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Collin Burns over Pavan Ravindra

103

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	7.47	8.15
2×2	Rowe Hessler	1.93	2.33
3×3 blindfolded	Sesi Cadmus	39.84	—
3×3 one-handed	Collin Burns	12.58	13.62
Pyraminx	Henry Savich	3.14	4.17
Skewb	Sean Belke	4.01	4.24

The PB harvest

103 set · 34 still standing

Eli Lifland — 3×3 single 8.70: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Chester Lian — 3×3 blindfolded single 49.95: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Benji Cooper — 3×3 single 12.93: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Julien Berger — 3×3 single 12.94: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Landon Rhodes — 2×2 single 3.89: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
Julien Berger — 2×2 single 4.02: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
Julien Berger — Skewb single 6.57: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
Zachary Nikolaus — Skewb single 6.72: into the top 31.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

103 competitors · 420 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.