Competitions · United States

Arkansas Championship 2026

Fayettevile, Arkansas · 20 March 2026 · 15 events · 66 competitors · 151 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won ten of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rowan Stough by 0.01 seconds. 66 competitors produced 151 personal bests, 97 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Isaac Webb took a 2×2 single of 12.45 down to 3.67, 71 percent better in one day.

Ten wins

Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Rowan Stough over Ryan Pilat

151

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	6.46	6.96
2×2	Rowan Stough	0.86	1.49
4×4	Ryan Pilat	24.57	25.29
5×5	Ryan Pilat	44.58	50.11
6×6	Ryan Pilat	1:31.66	1:32.95
7×7	Ryan Pilat	2:08.51	2:18.92
3×3 blindfolded	Ryan Pilat	16.97	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ryan Pilat	26 moves	26.33
3×3 one-handed	Ryan Pilat	10.40	13.59
Clock	Rowan Stough	3.57	4.49
Megaminx	Maddox Smith	36.19	39.05
Pyraminx	Ryan Pilat	1.16	2.60
Skewb	Rowan Stough	1.89	2.53
Square-1	Ryan Pilat	4.80	6.35
3×3 Multi-Blind	James Wang (王俊杰)	7 of 10 cubes · 57:05	—

The PB harvest

151 set · 97 still standing

Titus Sutterfield — Pyraminx single 1.58: into the top 0.52% of the event's history.
Rowan Stough — 3×3 one-handed single 10.71: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Gordon Jones — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Max Lessel — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jeffrey Woolston — Skewb single 2.60: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Julian Kim — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Alexander Wheeler — 3×3 single 8.68: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Field Noble — Clock single 5.09: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

66 competitors · 825 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

66 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.