Competitions · United States

Cube With Attention in Denton 2023

Denton, Texas · 16 September 2023 · 7 events · 86 competitors · 110 personal bests

Ray Bai won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.27 seconds. 86 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gabriel King took a 2×2 single of 17.41 down to 5.60, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ray Bai — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.27s

closest final — 2×2, Ryan Pilat over CJ York

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ray Bai	6.08	7.00
2×2	Ryan Pilat	1.60	2.10
4×4	Ray Bai	26.11	29.40
5×5	Ray Bai	49.54	51.60
3×3 one-handed	Ryan Pilat	9.79	11.75
Square-1	Dylan Baumbach	5.54	7.00
4×4 blindfolded	Fletcher Berry	4:00.26	—

The PB harvest

110 set · 46 still standing

Landon Hong — 3×3 single 8.32: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Nikhil Reddy — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Dylan Michaels — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Titus Armentrout — 3×3 single 9.91: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Titus Armentrout — 3×3 one-handed single 15.33: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Kevin Arny — 3×3 single 10.50: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Sidney Kocen — 3×3 single 11.64: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Dhruv Cirigadi — 3×3 single 11.81: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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 · 516 results · 7 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. Ray Bai won it with a 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.