United States National Championships 2011
- Date
- Aug 12 - 14, 2011
- City
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1739 N High Street, Columbus, OH 43210
- Details
Grand Ballroom
- Website
- United States National Championships 2011 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegate
- Tyson Mao (毛台勝)
- Information
The competition is open to all competitors of all nationalities. Registration is available on this website. No experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the regulations. The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill with the Rubik's Cube, but certain event-based time limits will be in place. The competition is free to spectators and guests. Media personnel should contact the organizational staff regarding media opportunities.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 204
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Breandan Vallance won with an average of 9.91 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dan Cohen finished second (10.13) and Kevin Hays finished third (10.36).
World records: Ernie Pulchny Master Magic 1.75 (average); Kevin Hays 6x6x6 Cube 2:02.31 (single) and 6x6x6 Cube 2:09.03 (average).
African records: Emile Compion 3x3x3 Cube 13.36 (single), 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 34 (single), and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 1/2 18:30 (single).
North American records: Dan Cohen 4x4x4 Cube 39.16 (average), 4x4x4 Cube 32.56 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 38.59 (average), and 5x5x5 Cube 1:10.42 (average); David Woner Clock 8.44 (average); Kevin Hays 7x7x7 Cube 3:45.23 (average); Rowe Hessler Megaminx 58.59 (single); Tessa Cookmeyer Megaminx 1:06.22 (average); Weston Mizumoto 3x3x3 One-Handed 15.16 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 9.21 | 9.91 | United Kingdom | 9.33 | DNF | 9.21 | 9.78 | 10.63 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Anthony Brooks | 2.53 | 2.96 | United States | 4.15 | 3.38 | 2.53 | 2.63 | 2.88 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Dan Cohen | 32.56 | NAR | 38.59 | NAR | United States | 41.88 | 33.77 | 42.41 | 32.56 | 40.13 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | Dan Cohen | 1:04.44 | 1:10.42 | NAR | United States | 1:05.68 | 1:15.13 | 1:04.44 | 1:13.61 | 1:11.97 | ||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Dan Cohen | 2:18.34 | 2:31.07 | United States | 2:25.56 | 2:18.34 | 2:49.30 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Kevin Hays | 3:43.27 | NR | 3:45.23 | NAR | United States | 3:43.27 | 3:48.55 | 3:43.86 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Chester Lian | 55.78 | DNF | Malaysia | 55.78 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Tim Reynolds | 29 | United States | 35 | 29 | |||||||
| Hongfei Tian (田洪飞) | 29 | China | 29 | DNF | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Weston Mizumoto | 15.06 | 16.75 | United States | 16.97 | 16.90 | 22.22 | 16.38 | 15.06 | |||
| Clock | David Woner | 8.58 | 9.74 | United States | DNF | 8.90 | 10.16 | 10.16 | 8.58 | |||
| Megaminx | Tessa Cookmeyer | 1:03.16 | 1:08.26 | United States | 1:04.78 | 1:03.16 | 1:09.71 | 1:12.59 | 1:10.28 | |||
| Pyraminx | Felix Lee | 3.33 | 5.36 | United States | 7.09 | 3.33 | 4.44 | 7.96 | 4.55 | |||
| Square-1 | Andrew Nelson | 15.08 | 17.42 | United States | 15.08 | 18.34 | 16.78 | 17.13 | DNF | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Chester Lian | 7:19.06 | DNF | Malaysia | DNF | 7:19.06 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Mike Hughey | 14:26.00 | DNF | United States | 14:41.00 | 14:26.00 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Chester Lian | 15/18 57:08 | Malaysia | 14/18 59:32 | 15/18 57:08 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Felix Lee | 1:09.75 | 1:19.10 | United States | 1:09.75 | 1:26.84 | 1:20.72 | |||||
| Magic | Casey Dech | 1.25 | 1.45 | United States | DNF | 1.38 | 1.31 | 1.65 | 1.25 | |||
| Master Magic | Ernie Pulchny | 2.06 | 2.27 | United States | 2.16 | 2.36 | 2.06 | 2.30 | 3.27 | |||
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).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
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.