US Nationals 2014
- Date
- Aug 1 - 3, 2014
- City
- Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 222 Jersey City Boulevard
- Website
- US Nationals 2014 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegates
- Bob Burton and Tim Reynolds
- Information
Registration will close on July 10, 2014.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 497
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Collin Burns won with an average of 8.32 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Feliks Zemdegs finished second (8.53) and Rowe Hessler finished third (8.78).
World records: Feliks Zemdegs 5x5x5 Cube 48.42 (single) and 7x7x7 Cube 2:48.16 (average); Vincent Sheu 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 25.00 (average).
Asian records: SeungBeom Cho (조승범) Skewb 4.98 (average).
Oceanian records: Feliks Zemdegs 4x4x4 Cube 28.47 (average), 6x6x6 Cube 1:56.54 (average), 6x6x6 Cube 1:52.18 (single), 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 29 (single), 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 34.33 (average), and 3x3x3 One-Handed 12.27 (average).
North American records: Antoine Cantin 3x3x3 One-Handed 12.14 (average); Brandon Lin (林博浩) Square-1 12.83 (average); Drew Brads 3x3x3 Cube 5.97 (single); Evan Brown 5x5x5 Blindfolded 11:38.00 (single); Louis Cormier Megaminx 48.59 (average); Noa Arthurs 3x3x3 Blindfolded 32.02 (average); Vincent Sheu 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 22 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Collin Burns | 7.71 | 8.32 | United States | 7.71 | 10.20 | 7.97 | 8.26 | 8.74 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Lucas Etter | 1.58 | 1.87 | United States | 1.65 | 1.58 | 2.06 | 2.45 | 1.89 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 25.26 | 30.35 | Australia | 32.82 | 25.26 | 29.50 | 28.74 | 34.22 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 55.47 | 56.89 | Australia | 56.39 | 55.47 | 59.83 | 56.63 | 57.65 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 1:52.18 | OcR | 1:58.14 | Australia | 2:00.25 | 1:52.18 | 2:01.98 | ||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Feliks Zemdegs | 2:46.18 | 2:50.90 | Australia | 2:52.23 | 2:54.29 | 2:46.18 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Noa Arthurs | 30.44 | 32.02 | NAR | United States | 32.73 | 30.44 | 32.88 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Vincent Sheu | 22 | NAR | 25.00 | WR | United States | 22 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Mats Valk | 11.87 | 13.38 | NR | Netherlands | 12.93 | 11.87 | 17.26 | 13.43 | 13.78 | ||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 6.97 | 7.50 | United States | 6.97 | 7.52 | 7.48 | 7.49 | DNF | |||
| Megaminx | Feliks Zemdegs | 48.04 | 51.82 | Australia | 1:01.47 | 48.04 | 57.97 | 48.25 | 49.23 | |||
| Pyraminx | Drew Brads | 2.37 | 3.07 | United States | 2.37 | 3.18 | 5.55 | 3.37 | 2.67 | |||
| Skewb | Rami Sbahi | 4.43 | 4.96 | United States | 4.91 | 5.28 | 4.43 | 6.09 | 4.70 | |||
| Square-1 | Brandon Lin (林博浩) | 11.27 | 12.83 | NAR | United States | 11.97 | 12.36 | 14.17 | 14.15 | 11.27 | ||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Riley Woo | 4:50.85 | DNF | United States | DNF | 7:01.11 | 4:50.85 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Evan Brown | 11:38.00 | NAR | DNF | United States | DNF | 11:38.00 | DNS | ||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Tim Wong | 22/27 57:54 | United States | 22/27 57:54 | DNF | |||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Louis Cormier | 44.53 | 47.13 | Canada | 44.71 | 44.53 | 52.16 | |||||
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.