Competitions · United States

Virginia Open Spring 2015

Charlottesville, Virginia · 11 April 2015 · 7 events · 75 competitors · 85 personal bests

Corey Sakowski won two of the seven events (3×3 blindfolded, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ankush Hommerich-Dutt by 0.03 seconds. 75 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Keaton Ellis set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 13.08.

Two wins

Corey Sakowski — 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Ankush Hommerich-Dutt over Julianna Bennett

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	8.36	9.24
2×2	Ankush Hommerich-Dutt	2.71	3.99
4×4	Chanoe Park	34.22	37.40
3×3 blindfolded	Corey Sakowski	46.94	—
3×3 one-handed	Andy Huang	13.66	14.97
Pyraminx	Henry Savich	2.59	4.35
Skewb	Corey Sakowski	3.96	5.25

The PB harvest

85 set · 12 still standing

Andy Huang — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Eric Gilbertson — 3×3 single 14.02: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
Robbie Stevenson — Skewb single 5.77: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Alexander Mertz — 3×3 single 15.49: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Thomas Castleman — 3×3 single 16.55: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
John Allums — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:06.09: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.
Ethan Linklater — Pyraminx single 8.05: into the top 36.6% of the event's history.
Eric Gilbertson — 4×4 single 1:10.99: into the top 47.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 370 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 9.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.