Competitions · United States

Yale Spring 2014

New Haven, Connecticut · 30 March 2014 · 6 events · 82 competitors · 75 personal bests

Kevin Costello III won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kevin Costello III by 0.59 seconds. 82 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kevin Costello III set the 3×3 average continental record: 8.23.

Two wins

Kevin Costello III — 3×3, 4×4

0.59s

closest final — 3×3, Kevin Costello III over Justin Mallari

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kevin Costello III	8.17	9.35
2×2	Kevin Zhou	1.90	3.23
4×4	Kevin Costello III	28.35	32.78
3×3 blindfolded	Noa Arthurs	30.07	35.14
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	12.41	13.44
Pyraminx	Alex Maass	4.01	4.73

The PB harvest

75 set · 20 still standing

Sreeram Venkatarao — 3×3 single 9.25: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Dylan Rhee — Pyraminx single 5.57: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Ike Lee — 3×3 single 13.38: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Youssef Mohamed — 2×2 single 4.47: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
Evan Morrell — 3×3 single 20.63: into the top 41.7% of the event's history.
Alex Redden — 3×3 single 20.84: into the top 42.3% of the event's history.
Neiman Walker — 4×4 single 1:06.26: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.
Matt Ennis — 3×3 single 21.35: into the top 43.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

82 competitors · 315 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. Kevin Costello III won it with a 9.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.