Competitions · United States

Connecticut Winter 2024

Enfield, Connecticut · 6 January 2024 · 6 events · 95 competitors · 120 personal bests

Curtis Chai won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ethan Zhuang by 0.10 seconds. 95 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kai Routhier took a Skewb single of 11.97 down to 4.99, 58 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Curtis Chai — 3×3, 2×2

0.10s

closest final — Skewb, Ethan Zhuang over Saisabari Ramesh

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Curtis Chai	6.12	7.98
2×2	Curtis Chai	1.16	1.51
3×3 one-handed	Levi Gibson	12.52	14.64
Clock	Elijah Rain Phelps	4.36	5.59
Pyraminx	Clem Tucker	1.73	2.33
Skewb	Ethan Zhuang	3.40	3.90

The PB harvest

120 set · 37 still standing

Alex J. Barbecho — 3×3 one-handed single 13.15: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Jonathan Addison Seeley — 3×3 single 9.28: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Idan Nutkevitz — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Nathan Castro — 3×3 single 10.61: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Siddhu Nagarajan — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Mason Murphy — 3×3 single 12.19: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
John Quevedo — 3×3 single 12.90: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
Seth Downs — Skewb single 5.05: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

95 competitors · 482 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 7.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.