Competitions · United States

DFW Cubing Winter 2023

Grapevine, Texas · 15 January 2023 · 5 events · 112 competitors · 87 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Daniel Karnaukh by 0.47 seconds. 112 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vyom Sharma took a 3×3 single of 1:28.43 down to 33.37, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded

0.47s

closest final — Square-1, Daniel Karnaukh over Hassan Khanani

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	6.44	7.40
4×4	Jason Lee	23.64	29.00
3×3 blindfolded	Ryan Pilat	28.07	—
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	28.40	29.89
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	6.04	6.53

The PB harvest

87 set · 27 still standing

Anshu Chennuru — Square-1 single 4.67: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Jose Ortiz Jr. — 3×3 single 5.87: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Jeremy Sheng — Megaminx single 34.94: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Roy Yue — Square-1 single 7.16: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Justin Chang — 3×3 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Roy Yue — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Jude Langhout — 3×3 single 10.24: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Vivek Gadicherla — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

112 competitors · 504 results · 5 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 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.