Competitions · United States

Cubing in the Clouds 2023

Rising Fawn, Georgia · 4 March 2023 · 9 events · 64 competitors · 127 personal bests

Luke Garrett won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, Clock) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Vishwa Sankar by 0.09 seconds. 64 competitors produced 127 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Rihan John took a 4×4 single of 1:50.99 down to 46.36, 58 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 4×4, Clock, Megaminx

0.09s

closest final — 5×5, Vishwa Sankar over Luke Garrett

127

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	4.78	5.70
4×4	Luke Garrett	27.19	28.53
5×5	Vishwa Sankar	48.86	52.98
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:28.56	1:37.02
7×7	Sean Hartman	2:27.32	2:29.35
3×3 one-handed	Eli Parker	9.25	9.69
Clock	Luke Garrett	4.63	6.02
Megaminx	Luke Garrett	37.40	38.89
Square-1	Tommy Cherry	7.12	7.92

The PB harvest

127 set · 15 still standing

Kyler Smith — 4×4 single 35.22: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Max Goskie — 4×4 single 35.48: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Deacon Gale — Square-1 single 14.08: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Rihan John — 3×3 single 12.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Weston Todd — 5×5 single 1:15.51: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Kyler Smith — Clock single 8.59: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Weston Todd — 3×3 one-handed single 19.71: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Christian Shane Moore — 3×3 single 14.49: into the top 22.7% 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

64 competitors · 669 results · 9 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 5.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.