World Inter-University Cube Relay 2013-2014
41 institutions from 8 countries participated.
Year of graduation is given in parentheses. (nth grad for graduate student.) Unofficial alumni teams are also listed, but without a rank.
Cal is the first institution to win back-to-back!
Links: Speedsolving thread, Facebook event page 1 and 2, scrambles.
Final Results
| Rank | University | Location | Cuber 1 | Cuber 2 | Cuber 3 | Cuber 4 | Result (video link) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cal | Berkeley, CA, USA | Vincent Sheu (1st grad) | Edward Liu (2015) | Ryan Lim (2015) | Chia-Wei Lu (2015) | 48.22 | Time: 46.22 + 2 = 48.22 Director: Jessica Shen *Note: Keep watching until Chia-Wei comes dancing in. *FLAG: Illegal misalignment on number 2 of the cubing team. 2 second penalty; includes a loss of down. |
| 2 | Tongji University | Shanghai, China | Yong Li (2016) | Xiaobo Jin (3rd grad) | Jiaxi Wang (2015) | Tianxing Wang (2015) | 48.68 | |
| 3 | Kyoto University | Kyoto, Japan | Tomoya Yamashita (2016) | Taku Yanai (2016) | Ryo Ito (2016) | Wataru Hashimura (2016) | 51.65 | |
| - | UC Berkeley Alumni | Berkeley, CA, USA | Jeremy Fleischman (2010) | Darren Kwong (2010, Masters 2011) | Steven Xu (2013) | Dan Dzoan (2007) | 52.33 | We too, blame the Canadians. |
| 4 | University of Tokyo | Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan | Shun Sakurai (2014) | Keita Nomura (2016) | Kentaro Nishi (1st grad) | Yumu Tabuchi (2016) | 1:00.81 | You can see all other teams present at UT Open 2013 here |
| 5 | TJHSST | Alexandria, VA, US | Eli Lifland (2016) | Landon Chu (2017) | Peter Gunnarson (2015) | Asa Kaplan (2014) | 1:01.95 | |
| 6 | University of Waterloo [Team A] | Waterloo, ON, Canada | Daniel Que (2017) | Kevin Matthews (2016) | Justin Jaffray (2016) | Sarah Strong (2015) | 1:02.10 | |
| 7 | Meiji University | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan | Taishu Sakai (2014) | Ryo Kozawa (2016) | Yuuki Kobayashi (2016) | Takafumi Seki (2017) | 1:04.31 | |
| 8 | University of Waterloo [Team D] | Waterloo, ON, Canada | Forte Shinko (2015) | Jonathan Tan (2015) | Adrian Cheung (2016) | Craig Bouchard (2013) | 1:04.80 | Three handsome Asian kids and one strikingly gorgeous white guy. |
| 9 | University of Michigan | Michigan, USA | Ben Zoller (2014) | Tim Pow (2014) | James Hildreth (2017) | Kit Clement (1st grad) | 1:05.17 | #roastedgophers #weareUofM |
| 10 | University of Toronto | Toronto, ON, Canada | Jai Gambhir (2016) | Daniel Ho (2016) | Neil Wu (2016) | Harris Chan (2016) | 1:05.31 | +2 :( We will be back. |
| 11 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Albert You (2015) | Dan Knights (Faculty) | Shaden Smith (2nd Grad) | Walker Welch (2015) | 1:05.42 | The best and only UofM ;) |
| 12 | Cal Too | Berkeley, CA, USA | Andrew Sinclair (2015) | Everest Shi (2016) | Alex Ho (2015) | Armin Askari (2017) | 1:06.74 | Canadians suck, apparently. |
| 13 | Tampere University of Technology | Tampere, Finland | Janne Lehtimäki (2016) | Juho Saarimaa (2018) | Sakari Rautalin (2017) | Ville Kilpeläinen (2016) | 1:07.05 | |
| 14 | United States Naval Academy | Annapolis, MD, USA | Steven Zakravsky (2017) | Dominic Scott (2017) | Ian Leszczynski (2015) | Thomas Kraft (2014) | 1:11.31 | Thank you for giving us the opportunity to compete :) Go Navy Beat Army! |
| 15 | University of Technology, Munich | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Fritz Löhr (2014) | Timo Ludwig (2014) | Maximilian Deimel (2014) | Jan Smarschevski (2014) | 1:13.30 | We had a sub1 while practicing, then I failed during our attempt. |
| 16 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [A Team] | Troy, NY, USA | Austin Montiel Hernandez (2016) | Michael Robinson (2016) | Matthew DiPalma (2016) | Patrick Lopez (2017) | 1:13.44 | (1:11.44+2) y u no solvit Mike? |
| 17 | River Hill High School B TEAM | Clarksville, MD, USA | Jack Tu (2016) | Chun Mun Loke (2014) | Tommy Szeliga (2014) | Pavan Ravindra (2017) | 1:16.06 | |
| 18 | Keio University | Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan | Tomoyuki Hiraide | Hiroshi Kawabata | Tomohiro Imoto | Kai Ito | 1:16.22 | |
| 19 | Mira Mesa High School TEAM A | San Diego, CA, USA | Ivann Agapito (2016) | Jonathon Giang (2016) | Brian Zakravsky (2016) | Thomas Tran (2016) | 1:20.79 | Oooo Kill 'em. Tario is GOD. |
| 20 | Waseda University | Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan | Fumiya Matsui (2017) | Shiori Sato (2015) | Hiroki Iwashita (2016) | Yusuke Morikawa (2015) | 1:21.90 | |
| 21 | University of Waterloo [Team B] | Waterloo, ON, Canada | Blair Fuller (2017) | Wilson Cheang (2017) | Howard Leung (2014) | Anna Mach (TBD) | 1:34.97 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA, USA | Sesi Cadmus (2017) | Daniel Saha (2017) | Justin Dao (2015) | Korbin LeClair (2017) | 1:46.47 | Sesi managed to accidentally staple her finger about an hour before the relay, but the show must go on! Go wahoos! |
| 23 | Mira Mesa High School TEAM B | San Diego, CA, USA | Travor Ngyuen (2014) | Khai Ngyuen (2015) | Jordan Cardinez (2015) | Jorge Milan (2015) | 1:47.06 | |
| 24 | Caltech | Pasadena, CA, USA | Adam Ball (2016) | David Ding (2014) | Xi Xu (2017) | Michael Young (2014) | 1:51.59 | dat fourth scramble doe |
| 25 | L'Escale High School | Rockland, ON, Canada | Antoine Cantin (10th grade) | Andre Cantin (12th grade) | Zack Rochon (12th grade) | Gabriel Guay (11th grade) | 1:57.97 | omg Zack you fail so bad :'( Sub-2! |
| 26 | University of Waterloo [Team C] | Waterloo, ON, Canada | Melvin Bayoneto (2017) | Paul McVittie (2017) | Michael Shao (2014) | Thomas Lac (2018) | 1:58.66 | |
| 27 | University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL, USA | Alex Bayer (2015) | Sam Goodwin (2017) | David Wilson (2017) | Calvin Yong (2017) | 2:02.67 | |
| 28 | Vienna University of Technology | Vienna, Austria | Alexander Fuß (2014) | Daniel Schmiedmayer (2014) | Thomas Kolar (2014) | Jakob Kogler (2014) | 2:07.43 | about 2.5 times faster than last year |
| 29 | Wangenheim Middle School Team A | San Diego, USA | Tobey Pineda (2014) | Andrew Book (2014) | David Webber (2014) | Emily Phu (2014) | 2:11.99 | |
| 30 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA, USA | Zheng Li (3rd grad) | Janelle Tin (2016) | Yuxing Sun (2015) | Mark Muego (2017) | 2:18.72 | We had to switch members last minute again |
| 31 | Centennial Public School | Waterloo, ON, Canada | Bryan Ling (2015) | Andrew Yuan (2015) | Ethan Guo (2014) | Eric Kim (2014) | 2:22.27 | This is the slow-mo version of our solve. Actual time is probably -0.5 seconds. |
| 32 | Ecole Marie Curie [Team 1] | Hem, France | Djebril Kechout (4th grade) | Christophe Woittequand (Teacher) | Yanis Djemaï (5th grade) | Samir Lakhdari (4th grade) | 2:38.16 | Proud But Need to solve faster ! |
| 33 | Nelson High School | Burlington, ON, Canada | Robert Nelson (2014) | Evan Mackenzie (2014) | McKenzie Reid (2015) | Thompson Clarke (2014) | 2:47.23 | |
| 34 | École secondaire De La Salle, A | Ottawa, ON, Canada | Stephen Soutyrine (2014) | Sasha Hayashi (2017) | Thierry Tremblay-Filion (2014) | Louis Cormier (2014) | 2:55.77 | This was a lot of fun! |
| 35 | Berkeley JETS (All-female) | Berkeley, CA, USA | Yon Soo Park (2016) | Tina Tu (2016) | Jessica Shen (2015) | Eun Hee Kim (2014) | 3:06.63 | |
| 36 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [B Team] | Troy, NY, USA | Valerie Lumsden (2017) | Yosef Treitman (3rd grad) | Samuel Wenninger (2017) | Michael Mortimer (2016) | 3:30.04 | At least we found four competitors. |
| 37 | Ecole Marie Curie [Team 2] | Hem, France | Ethan Coletta (4th grade) | Mathieu Quique (4th grade) | Léo Larivière (5th grade) | Layna Djemaï (3th grade) | 4:36.50 | Good solves but will be faster next year |
| 38 | École secondaire De La Salle, B | Ottawa, ON, Canada | Felix Nicol (2017) | Frédéric Amdur (2017) | Ara Kirijan (2017) | Nicolas Blackburn (2015) | 7:12.83 | |
| 39 | University of Tsukuba | Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan | Hiromasa Watanabe (2017) | Yuji Higuchi (2017) | Tomohiro Tanno (1st grad) | Shuto Ueno (2016) | DNF | |
| - | River Hill High School A TEAM | Clarksville, MD, USA | Keaton Ellis (2014) | Tanzer Balimtas (2015) | Kaitlyn Kim (2015) | Andrew Huang (2015) | 1:08.30 (Invalid video link) | fml |
| - | O'Neill C.V.I High School | Oshawa, ON, Canada | Matisse Tocuhard | Erik Stokholm | Brendon Rowe | Owen Switzer | 3:05.62 (Invalid video link) |
No shows
| University | Location | Cuber 1 | Cuber 2 | Cuber 3 | Cuber 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Public School [B TEAM] | Waterloo, ON, Canada | Ben Raskin (2014) | Markus Kangur (2015) | Zachary Trefler (2014) | Sean Tang (2015) |
| Cedar Falls High School | Cedar Falls, IA, USA | Jason Cheng (Sophomore) | Collin McIntyre (Senior) | Srinivas Dhanwada (Senior) | Erik Cheng (Senior) |
| Stanford University [Team A] | Palo Alto, CA, USA | Shotaro Makisumi (2nd grad) | Ravi Fernando (2014) | Lucas Garron (2nd grad) | Weston Mizumoto (2016) |
| Stanford University [Team B] | Stanford, CA, USA | Justin Lin (2016) | Boris Perkhounokv (2017) | Gavin Nelson (2017) | Nabil Wessel (2016) |
| United States Naval Academy (B) | Annapolis, MD, USA | Andrew Coen (2017) | Dean Corbett (2016) | Benjamin Rice (2016) | Luke Stocking (2016) |
| Wangenheim Middle School Team B | San Diego, CA, USA | Carl Pasco (2017) | Adeleidia Alcantara (2014) | Janice Buenafe (2017) | Joshua Pasco (2015) |
| Wangenheim Middle School (6th grade) | San Diego, CA, USA | Eric Umipig (2016) | Nathan Viramantes (2016) | Adrian Macaraig (2016) | Darwin Do (2016) |
| Zhenjiang University | Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, China | Xiao Hu (2016) | Bo Fan (2014) | Xinghui Lu (2016) | Zhen Tang (2015) |