Competitions · United States

Weston Fall 2017

Weston, Massachusetts · 11 November 2017 · 7 events · 101 competitors · 137 personal bests

Samantha Raskind won four of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Roger Lightbody III by 0.53 seconds. 101 competitors produced 137 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Abhinav Govindaraju took a 3×3 single of 1:15.50 down to 14.13, 81 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Samantha Raskind — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.53s

closest final — 3×3, Roger Lightbody III over Joshua Broderick Phillips

137

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Roger Lightbody III	7.62	8.42
4×4	Samantha Raskind	33.16	37.31
5×5	Samantha Raskind	58.65	1:04.08
6×6	Samantha Raskind	1:57.75	2:07.13
7×7	Samantha Raskind	2:51.32	3:03.32
Megaminx	Sam Myung	48.67	55.82
Square-1	Joshua Broderick Phillips	11.72	13.84

The PB harvest

137 set · 39 still standing

Sam Myung — 3×3 single 8.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Aidan Bell — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Nathan Peck — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Sam Myung — 4×4 single 32.94: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Caleb Vigil — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Nathan Peck — 5×5 single 1:05.53: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Joshua Costantini — 3×3 single 10.63: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Connor Reid — 5×5 single 1:14.04: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

101 competitors · 420 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. Roger Lightbody III won it with a 8.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.