US Nationals 2009
- Date
- Aug 14 - 16, 2009
- City
- Stanford, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 451 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, California 94305
- Details
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
- Website
- US Nationals 2009 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegate
- Bob Burton
- Information
Fees will be collected in advance when you pre-register online. Your registration will not be final until you have paid. Online registration will be closed at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2009 PDT.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 135
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Rowe Hessler won with an average of 11.64 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Mitchell Stern finished second (12.42) and Ravi Fernando finished third (13.13).
World records: Dan Cohen 6x6x6 Cube 2:32.00 (average).
North American records: Alexander Yu 3x3x3 Blindfolded 51.80 (single); Andy Tsao 4x4x4 Cube 39.36 (single); Dan Cohen Megaminx 1:22.09 (single), Megaminx 1:30.33 (average), and Megaminx 1:27.34 (average); David Woner 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 27 (single); Michael Young 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 27 (single); Mike Hughey 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 8/8 51:07 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Rowe Hessler | 10.90 | 11.64 | United States | 11.69 | 11.15 | 12.09 | 13.68 | 10.90 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Rowe Hessler | 3.19 | 3.56 | United States | 3.19 | 3.44 | 3.81 | 3.43 | 4.13 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Rowe Hessler | 48.71 | 52.84 | United States | 53.22 | 49.61 | 59.63 | 55.68 | 48.71 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Dan Cohen | 1:19.44 | 1:23.63 | United States | 1:22.05 | 1:31.03 | 1:25.69 | 1:19.44 | 1:23.16 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Dan Cohen | 2:25.58 | 2:32.00 | WR | United States | 2:35.18 | 2:25.58 | 2:35.25 | ||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Dan Cohen | 4:19.43 | 4:30.58 | United States | 4:24.05 | 4:19.43 | 4:48.25 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Alexander Yu | 51.80 | NAR | DNF | United States | 51.80 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | David Woner | 27 | NAR | United States | 27 | DNF | ||||||
| Michael Young | 27 | NAR | United States | 27 | 37 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Ryan Patricio | 16.34 | 20.37 | United States | 20.21 | 16.34 | 20.75 | 20.16 | 24.28 | |||
| Clock | David Woner | 8.27 | 9.92 | United States | 8.27 | 10.77 | 9.48 | 9.52 | DNF | |||
| Megaminx | Dan Cohen | 1:25.18 | 1:27.34 | NAR | United States | 1:26.03 | 1:25.18 | 1:30.82 | ||||
| Pyraminx | Justin Jaffray | 7.19 | 8.58 | Canada | 10.31 | 7.94 | 12.00 | 7.19 | 7.50 | |||
| Square-1 | Michael Young | 17.88 | 20.57 | United States | 19.50 | 19.02 | 23.19 | 17.88 | 31.81 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Timothy Sun | 9:45.30 | DNF | United States | 9:45.30 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Mike Hughey | 22:00.00 | United States | DNF | 22:00.00 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Mike Hughey | 8/8 51:07 | NAR | United States | DNF | 8/8 51:07 | ||||||
| Magic | Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫) | 1.13 | 1.41 | Japan | 1.18 | DNF | 1.16 | 1.88 | 1.13 | |||
| Master Magic | Sam Boyles | 2.40 | 2.87 | United States | 2.40 | 2.53 | 3.90 | 3.53 | 2.55 | |||
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.