Competitions · United States

Central Arkansas Summer 2018

Conway, Arkansas · 30 June 2018 · 8 events · 73 competitors · 66 personal bests

Raymond Goslow won four of the eight events (4×4, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Titus Sutterfield by 0.14 seconds. 73 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Khalyle Darius Edwards set the 2×2 single national record: 9.24.

Four wins

Raymond Goslow — 4×4, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Titus Sutterfield over Raymond Goslow

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eli Parker	8.43	8.51
2×2	Titus Sutterfield	2.89	3.37
4×4	Raymond Goslow	35.27	39.63
7×7	Raymond Goslow	3:11.18	3:16.81
3×3 blindfolded	Raymond Goslow	1:04.71	1:12.60
3×3 one-handed	Eli Parker	11.16	12.54
Pyraminx	Seth Talbot	2.36	3.94
Skewb	Raymond Goslow	4.65	6.06

The PB harvest

66 set · 23 still standing

Walter Spickler — 3×3 single 9.97: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Lucas Saxton — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Owen Brawner — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Mattan Golay — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Elisha Coller — 3×3 single 11.53: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Mattan Golay — Pyraminx single 4.88: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Elisha Coller — 2×2 single 3.08: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Walter Spickler — Pyraminx single 5.33: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 380 results · 8 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. Eli Parker won it with a 8.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.