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Dallas Winter 2018

Frisco, Texas · 26 December 2018 · 8 events · 56 competitors · 89 personal bests

Mahith Bandi won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Mahith Bandi by 0.16 seconds. 56 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Haddy Alchaer took a Square-1 single of 1:12.75 down to 28.01, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Mahith Bandi — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7
0.16s
closest final — 4×4, Mahith Bandi over Jason Lee
89
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mahith Bandi7.507.99
2×2Pranav Veera2.653.15
4×4Mahith Bandi29.9832.89
6×6Mahith Bandi1:44.721:49.77
7×7Mahith Bandi2:45.982:54.44
3×3 blindfoldedJae Park1:21.52
PyraminxAndres Rodriguez2.903.20
Square-1Jason Lee9.1310.74

The PB harvest

89 set · 22 still standing
  • John Allums — Pyraminx single 4.59: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Tanay Shrivastav — 3×3 single 11.23: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
  • Minh-Khanh Phung — 3×3 single 12.55: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • John Allums — Square-1 single 14.91: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
  • Suzanna Sharpless — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Jon Garretson — 3×3 single 14.13: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
  • Suzanna Sharpless — 4×4 single 50.03: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
  • Tanay Shrivastav — Pyraminx single 6.62: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

56 competitors · 296 results · 8 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. Mahith Bandi won it with a 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.