Competitions · United States

Bluegrass Bash 2023

Louisville, Kentucky · 2 April 2023 · 6 events · 86 competitors · 102 personal bests

Luke Garrett won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Simon Kellum by 0.10 seconds. 86 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Noah Vittitoe took a 4×4 single of 2:24.56 down to 54.04, 63 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Clock

0.10s

closest final — Skewb, Simon Kellum over Stanley Chapel

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	4.94	5.98
4×4	Luke Garrett	27.53	29.71
5×5	Luke Garrett	54.23	56.99
3×3 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	17.70	—
Clock	Luke Garrett	3.63	4.71
Skewb	Simon Kellum	1.21	2.86

The PB harvest

102 set · 19 still standing

Jake M. Hanson — Skewb single 1.81: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Justin Xu — Skewb single 3.46: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Theodore Schneider — 3×3 single 14.30: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Gideon Jones — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Z. Adams — 3×3 single 14.99: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
Evan Ellsworth — Skewb single 6.04: into the top 26.0% of the event's history.
Sam Davidson — 3×3 single 15.86: into the top 27.3% of the event's history.
Takeharu Hagiwara — 3×3 single 15.96: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

86 competitors · 443 results · 6 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Luke Garrett won it with a 5.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1L' B L2 U2 F L2 B F2 D2 B R D B' D2 L2 U B2 F' L
2R' L' B' U D L2 F U L2 D R2 U B2 D' L2 U2 R2 F R' F2
3R F U' R2 F2 D2 F D2 U2 F R2 B' D' L B D' L' R F'
4D' L U2 L2 F2 L2 R2 F' D2 F D' F R F U2 B F R'
5R' B L F2 L U2 L' R U2 F2 L D F U' R' B D2 U' B

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.