Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023

Date: May 1, 2023
City: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Venue: Ohio Union
Address: 1739 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Details: Great Hall Meeting Room 3 (1st Floor)
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Braden Richards
WCA Delegate: Braden Richards

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Information

This competition takes place on a Monday evening

As there are no cutoffs and a maximum-sized second round, this is a competition targeted at those who are newer to cubing and WCA competitions, but both new and returning cubers are welcome to register.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 36

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This competition is part of the Ohio State Spring First-Timers 2023 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are:

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There is a competitor limit of 50 competitors.
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Ohio State University students (and alumni) will be able to participate in this competition for free. If you are attending or graduated from The Ohio State University, register for the competition as normal and pay the full registration fee to be accepted. Your registration will not be accepted if the full fee is not paid. Once accepted, please contact the Organizers at ohiostatecubeclub@gmail.com with a picture of your BuckID or some other valid proof of current or previous attendance. Once verified, your registration will be refunded.
If you an Ohio State University student or alumni but are not a member of The Rubik's Cube Club at Ohio State, you can contact the Organizers at the email previously listed to join the club.

Highlights

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Sean Cutshaw won with an average of 8.64 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Braden Richards finished second (9.86) and Jacob Bennett finished third (10.76).

Aaron Feng - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	18.04	19.23	United States	22.90	20.59	18.94	18.17	18.04
	Second round	10	16.45	20.56	United States	21.34	19.56	30.36	20.78	16.45
	First round	10	16.17	19.71	United States	19.35	16.17	26.89	18.58	21.20
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	4.81	5.80	United States	6.81	7.73	5.50	5.08	4.81
	First round	6	4.94	5.47	United States	5.68	5.45	4.94	5.49	5.48

Aiden James Haubiel - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	18	24.13	28.34	United States	24.48	24.13	33.37	27.17	DNF
	Second round	17	26.70	29.60	United States	31.87	26.70	34.63	27.57	29.35
	First round	17	24.34	26.70	United States	24.34	27.05	34.08	27.54	25.51
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	5.79	7.52	United States	6.84	7.29	5.79	8.42	10.94
	First round	18	4.50	9.71	United States	4.50	12.56	9.66	12.06	7.41

Alex Freeman - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	41.16		44.27		United States	46.00	44.16	42.64	41.16	47.43
2x2x2 Cube	First round	30	8.56		18.65		United States	8.56	17.08	14.28	24.59	DNF

Anirudh Khatri - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	23	25.32		35.41		India	DNF	37.12	37.66	25.32	31.45
	First round	19	25.64		28.47		India	40.53	26.65	26.90	25.64	31.87

Ayce Lucas Allen - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	26	39.02	47.42	United States	45.01	47.58	DNF	39.02	49.68
	First round	26	36.68	40.69	United States	44.98	39.79	39.27	43.00	36.68
2x2x2 Cube	First round	27	12.13	17.09	United States	17.15	12.13	27.11	16.55	17.57

Braden Richards - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	8.48	9.86	United States	11.16	8.48	10.34	9.65	9.59
	Second round	3	7.83	9.64	United States	12.79	9.92	8.92	10.08	7.83
	First round	3	7.97	9.54	United States	12.14	8.90	7.97	9.59	10.13
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	2.67	3.86	United States	3.60	2.67	6.97	4.82	3.16
	First round	3	2.21	3.61	United States	2.21	3.85	2.57	4.42	7.10

Brayden Beckman - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	22	31.55	33.92	United States	38.31	34.73	31.74	35.28	31.55
	First round	21	26.25	29.92	United States	36.10	30.89	29.14	26.25	29.74
2x2x2 Cube	Final	20	8.18	10.79	United States	8.67	14.38	9.31	8.18	DNF
	First round	17	7.42	9.64	United States	14.37	9.16	7.42	10.43	9.32

Brooks Murray - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	24	31.72	38.90	United States	34.31	41.40	31.72	48.89	40.98
	First round	24	28.29	37.30	United States	38.87	41.14	47.54	31.88	28.29
2x2x2 Cube	First round	26	10.60	15.27	United States	18.45	10.60	14.20	18.04	13.58

Bryce Derflinger - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	15	20.41	24.27	United States	22.31	29.78	23.87	20.41	26.64
	Second round	12	18.28	21.42	United States	21.50	28.04	22.70	18.28	20.05
	First round	13	20.74	22.25	United States	21.51	21.53	23.71	28.53	20.74
2x2x2 Cube	Final	19	8.55	9.19	United States	10.13	9.41	9.43	8.55	8.73
	First round	21	7.84	10.37	United States	10.07	7.84	9.26	11.78	18.35

Christopher Donathan - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	17.64	19.83	United States	21.46	18.83	17.64	22.01	19.21
	Second round	14	20.62	22.18	United States	20.62	DNF	20.67	25.11	20.75
	First round	11	18.09	21.21	United States	20.50	21.78	23.15	18.09	21.36
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	3.74	6.16	United States	7.17	6.76	3.74	6.11	5.60
	First round	20	5.52	10.18	United States	5.52	6.86	16.24	16.63	7.44

Darshan Bhavanasi - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	11.26	12.18	India	11.43	12.64	13.54	11.26	12.46
	Second round	4	11.33	12.15	India	11.74	13.05	11.33	12.98	11.73
	First round	4	9.59	11.37	India	9.59	10.90	12.82	10.38	13.09
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	3.23	4.76	India	5.02	4.45	4.81	5.86	3.23
	First round	5	3.03	5.20	India	7.06	4.67	5.59	3.03	5.35

Everett Martin - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	11	18.73	21.03	United States	DNF	23.86	20.42	18.82	18.73
	Second round	9	17.30	20.36	United States	DNF	17.30	19.04	19.31	22.72
	First round	14	14.79	22.45	United States	22.85	23.10	14.79	23.06	21.44
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	6.06	7.24	United States	7.08	6.81	12.69	7.83	6.06
	First round	10	5.80	7.23	United States	6.01	5.80	7.75	9.20	7.92

Jace Harmon - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	18.20	20.71	United States	25.94	19.80	18.20	22.75	19.57
	Second round	8	17.92	19.92	United States	18.84	22.23	17.92	21.45	19.47
	First round	9	17.40	19.32	United States	20.47	19.43	18.05	17.40	28.89
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	5.61	7.85	United States	7.28	9.63	6.63	11.05	5.61
	First round	14	8.37	9.20	United States	11.53	8.39	9.40	8.37	9.80

Jackson Gunter - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	First round	28	12.38		17.29		United States	21.89	16.47	20.83	12.38	14.58

Jacob Bennett - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	6.28	10.76	United States	12.38	6.28	10.02	10.71	11.55
	Second round	1	7.91	8.83	United States	DNF	8.95	8.04	9.49	7.91
	First round	1	7.74	8.84	United States	11.86	8.92	9.64	7.97	7.74
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	2.32	4.21	United States	2.32	3.51	7.69	3.72	5.39
	First round	2	2.72	2.93	United States	2.72	3.02	4.64	3.06	2.72

Jonah Goodman - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	35.26	41.62	United States	44.99	1:00.00	35.26	38.25	41.63
2x2x2 Cube	Final	22	10.20	13.02	United States	16.54	12.85	14.47	10.20	11.75
	First round	23	6.40	12.60	United States	6.40	12.01	14.29	13.95	11.84

Kaylen Flynn - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	17	24.82	26.50	United States	26.56	26.81	31.16	26.14	24.82
	Second round	18	25.65	30.15	United States	28.90	30.32	31.23	25.65	34.10
	First round	18	24.66	27.09	United States	24.66	25.02	28.01	29.46	28.23
2x2x2 Cube	Final	15	5.62	8.32	United States	11.31	6.80	9.75	8.40	5.62
	First round	16	6.08	9.62	United States	10.48	11.69	6.08	11.12	7.27

Keegan Gentil - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	33	54.89		1:16.61		United States	DNF	1:27.74	54.89	1:18.92	1:03.17
2x2x2 Cube	First round	25	11.58		13.52		United States	14.39	19.39	12.18	11.58	14.00

Kellen Flanders - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	29	39.59		47.50		United States	41.35	52.84	39.59	57.85	48.30
2x2x2 Cube	First round	31	12.65		23.86		United States	28.21	22.80	26.43	22.36	12.65

Layne Harrier - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	14.39	16.89	United States	16.44	19.94	14.39	15.15	19.07
	Second round	7	16.02	17.46	United States	17.72	16.02	18.70	17.68	16.99
	First round	7	16.53	18.14	United States	16.53	17.60	DNF	19.74	17.09
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	4.27	6.43	United States	8.56	4.94	9.13	5.80	4.27
	First round	8	5.36	6.58	United States	6.82	5.36	6.51	6.42	7.63

Levi Hultgren - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	19	22.98	29.86	United States	34.24	30.89	22.98	33.72	24.96
	Second round	19	24.46	32.22	United States	33.15	38.46	24.46	36.20	27.32
	First round	20	25.99	28.82	United States	26.54	29.51	30.40	25.99	36.66

Logan Queen - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	25	28.06	40.72	United States	28.06	44.88	DNF	41.83	35.45
	First round	23	35.92	36.92	United States	44.82	36.64	37.40	36.72	35.92
2x2x2 Cube	Final	23	7.60	13.10	United States	19.62	16.52	12.64	7.60	10.14
	First round	22	10.37	12.50	United States	12.64	13.26	13.29	11.59	10.37

Luna Wolfe - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	16	22.40	25.98	United States	28.92	22.86	22.40	27.96	27.13
	Second round	16	25.54	26.03	United States	27.14	25.55	25.54	26.08	26.47
	First round	15	21.71	25.55	United States	25.73	21.71	27.53	28.91	23.40
2x2x2 Cube	Final	21	6.76	10.81	United States	6.76	11.39	8.55	14.14	12.50
	First round	15	8.33	9.36	United States	8.47	9.33	15.22	10.27	8.33

Marcus Stone - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	34	1:55.44		2:14.09		United States	2:21.73	2:29.17	1:57.39	2:23.14	1:55.44

Maximillian Maholm - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	13	15.42	22.14	United States	25.76	21.26	23.61	21.54	15.42
	Second round	15	17.99	22.51	United States	23.40	21.81	17.99	25.13	22.33
	First round	12	18.38	21.43	United States	20.29	21.54	18.38	36.52	22.45
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	6.98	7.25	United States	17.39	7.01	6.98	7.16	7.58
	First round	12	6.68	7.83	United States	11.95	6.68	8.71	7.35	7.42

Miles W. Bixler - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	31	56.03		1:00.85		United States	56.35	59.61	1:06.60	1:14.80	56.03

Nolan Villers - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	30	43.19		47.94		United States	43.19	48.87	47.22	47.73	54.01
2x2x2 Cube	First round	29	14.37		17.31		United States	16.44	DNF	16.39	19.11	14.37

Oliver Catalano - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	21	22.08	33.39	United States	41.83	37.80	34.32	28.04	22.08
	First round	25	29.52	38.38	United States	33.39	37.89	43.85	29.52	1:15.52
2x2x2 Cube	Final	17	3.87	8.77	United States	DNF	8.89	3.87	10.61	6.82
	First round	19	7.09	9.98	United States	7.09	12.70	10.93	10.16	8.85

Parker Hoock - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	14	21.38	23.84	United States	26.68	21.38	23.18	31.59	21.66
	Second round	13	19.42	22.13	United States	25.44	23.24	19.50	19.42	23.65
	First round	16	21.70	26.65	United States	23.73	21.70	27.74	36.22	28.49
2x2x2 Cube	First round	24	8.39	12.95	United States	9.40	20.47	20.71	8.98	8.39

Ricky Wu - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	11.03	12.65	United States	11.53	12.67	11.03	14.62	13.76
	Second round	5	12.17	13.32	United States	12.92	14.47	12.17	15.22	12.58
	First round	6	13.06	13.91	United States	13.43	13.06	26.13	14.89	13.40
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	4.39	4.88	United States	5.04	5.14	5.37	4.39	4.47
	First round	7	3.34	5.57	United States	6.29	3.34	5.71	6.15	4.85

Sammy Goldberg - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	35	35.03	DNF	United States	DNF	35.03	37.37	DNF	40.94
2x2x2 Cube	Final	16	6.82	8.45	United States	9.78	9.84	7.53	6.82	8.03
	First round	13	4.44	8.29	United States	9.87	10.60	10.02	4.44	4.98

Sean Cutshaw - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	6.18	8.64	United States	8.81	8.25	9.55	8.87	6.18
	Second round	2	8.68	9.37	United States	9.96	9.98	9.22	8.94	8.68
	First round	2	8.27	9.11	United States	8.94	8.27	9.33	9.46	9.05
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	2.02	2.58	United States	3.76	2.61	3.05	2.08	2.02
	First round	1	1.70	2.71	United States	2.70	2.52	1.70	2.91	2.98

Soph Grace Bixler - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	32	1:05.77		1:16.34		United States	1:05.77	1:37.32	1:16.36	1:12.14	1:20.51

Theodore Mayer - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	20	28.49	32.70	United States	33.77	28.49	35.34	29.00	41.79
	First round	22	28.08	30.80	United States	38.72	30.57	32.30	29.54	28.08
2x2x2 Cube	Final	18	7.39	9.11	United States	10.10	8.20	DNF	9.03	7.39
	First round	11	6.80	7.78	United States	6.80	7.76	7.28	8.30	9.12

Tommy Kolocouris - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	11.19	12.77	United States	14.43	17.38	11.19	11.96	11.93
	Second round	6	11.28	14.15	United States	13.45	16.45	16.63	12.56	11.28
	First round	5	12.27	12.93	United States	12.27	12.71	12.61	13.90	13.48
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	4.69	6.15	United States	8.45	6.33	5.80	4.69	6.33
	First round	4	3.29	4.55	United States	3.29	3.95	4.67	5.19	5.04

Zach Baruch - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	12	19.15	21.29	United States	19.36	25.28	19.15	27.84	19.24
	Second round	11	17.99	21.12	United States	20.31	21.24	17.99	21.82	22.72
	First round	8	17.57	19.15	United States	19.80	17.57	20.30	18.03	19.62
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	4.95	6.80	United States	7.27	4.95	6.52	7.59	6.62
	First round	9	5.76	7.21	United States	5.76	7.63	7.92	10.58	6.07