Competitions · United States

Concordia Turning Fall 2023

St. Louis, Missouri · 9 December 2023 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 104 personal bests

Curtis Chai won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Edward Vakula by 0.04 seconds. 76 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sean Lippert took a 2×2 single of 4.83 down to 1.81, 63 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Curtis Chai — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.04s

closest final — Skewb, Edward Vakula over Curtis Chai

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Curtis Chai	7.32	8.03
2×2	Curtis Chai	1.47	1.79
Clock	Trenton Cuzick	5.55	7.48
Megaminx	Katie Hinkley	47.12	52.42
Pyraminx	Curtis Chai	2.33	2.95
Skewb	Edward Vakula	3.12	5.54

The PB harvest

104 set · 42 still standing

Fox Forrester — 2×2 single 1.27: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Kyle Solomon — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Samuel Muchnick — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Sean Lippert — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Cooper Gilliam — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Alec Hayes — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Carter Rochleau — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Ezekiel Byrnes — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

76 competitors · 434 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. Curtis Chai won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.