Competitions · United States

DFW Cubing Fall 2024

Arlington, Texas · 26 October 2024 · 10 events · 204 competitors · 290 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.31 seconds. 204 competitors produced 290 personal bests, 115 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Amos Kersten took a 2×2 single of 5.68 down to 2.07, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.31s

closest final — 2×2, Ryan Pilat over Tucker Chamberlain

290

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	4.75	5.83
2×2	Ryan Pilat	1.35	1.55
4×4	Matty Hiroto Inaba	21.57	24.78
5×5	Matty Hiroto Inaba	44.13	45.83
3×3 blindfolded	Ryan Pilat	22.32	—
3×3 one-handed	Matty Hiroto Inaba	9.52	10.70
Clock	Vyom Sharma	4.58	5.60
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	29.25	31.86
Pyraminx	Ryan Pilat	2.19	2.69
Square-1	Dylan Baumbach	3.82	4.88

The PB harvest

290 set · 115 still standing

Samuel Threlkeld — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Anish Venkataraman — 3×3 single 8.08: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Levi Chan — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Joey Silva — 3×3 single 8.52: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Ignacio Montilla — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Amos Kersten — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Zach Hurst — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Michael T. Gradt — 3×3 single 9.35: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

204 competitors · 1454 results · 10 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

204 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.