Competitions · United States
Cubing For Water Winter 2023
Stafford, Texas · 7 January 2023 · 6 events · 55 competitors · 79 personal bests
Ryan Pilat won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Jason Lee by 0.39 seconds. 55 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Ryan Wang took a Megaminx single of 2:31.77 down to 1:02.08, 59 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ryan Pilat | 6.25 | 6.70 |
| 4×4 | Jason Lee | 26.15 | 29.25 |
| 5×5 | Ryan Pilat | 55.62 | 57.99 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ryan Pilat | 11.54 | 13.31 |
| Megaminx | Ryan Pilat | 47.70 | 50.03 |
| Skewb | Riley Norrid | 2.46 | 3.39 |
The PB harvest
79 set · 27 still standing- George Fan — 3×3 single 6.50: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
- Om Joshi — 3×3 one-handed single 12.32: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
- Dylan Pollard — Skewb single 2.95: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
- Vivek Jallepalli — 3×3 single 10.11: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
- Kevin Chang — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
- Om Joshi — Skewb single 3.85: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
- Levi Sylvester James — Skewb single 4.00: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
- Kevin Yu — 4×4 single 39.63: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
13 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
55 competitors · 309 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. Ryan Pilat won it with a 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B2 D2 U B2 D2 U' F2 R2 B R' B' D' U2 L' U B2 F D' U2 - 2
R' F U B2 D' R2 B2 D2 R2 D' R U2 B2 L2 U' F2 U' B U2 - 3
R2 F' R2 U' D2 B' L B2 U F2 R' U2 L D2 R' B2 R2 F2 L2 - 4
B2 D' L' F B D' B' R2 D2 L2 U2 D' L2 B2 U' L2 B' U L - 5
R' U L F' L F L' F2 U F2 L2 U' R2 U2 F2 U L B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
55 competitors- Adam Tran
- Adrian Joseph Martinez
- Alaqmar Trunkwala
- Alexander Wang
- An Vo
- Anish Anandkumar
- Avaneesh Sukkala
- Bobby Archibold
- Catherine Connolly
- David Rojas
- Dylan Pollard
- Eduardo Zamorano
- Everett Yandell
- Frank Garcia
- George Fan
- Hlib Antykhovych
- Jacob Colton
- Jake Zhang
- James Leo Charbonneau
- Jason Lee
- Jordan Sorkin
- Joseph Chii
- Jude Langhout
- Justin Chang
- Justin Zhou
- Kaden Womack
- Kevin Chang
- Kevin Yu
- Levi Sylvester James
- Lucas T. Meade
- Manuel Minisini
- Matt Lee
- McKinley Carr
- Nathan Manu John
- Om Joshi
- Owen Klawer
- Parker Thomas
- Riley Norrid
- Ryan Pilat
- Ryan Wang
- Safiya Sheikh
- Sashank Bhagavatula
- Sebastian Huertas
- Shray Aliota
- Siwoo Kim
- Steven Chau
- Tej Aliota
- Tristan Caltagirone
- Vincent Chen
- Vincent Robert Ford
- Vinson S. Kou
- Vivaan Pratik Shah
- Vivek Jallepalli
- Viwin Dinesh Kumar
- William Henry Ruppert V
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.