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DFW Winter Variation 2024

Denton, Texas · 13 January 2024 · 13 events · 139 competitors · 202 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won six of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.10 seconds. 139 competitors produced 202 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Andrew Tao took a 4×4 blindfolded single of 16:45.00 down to 5:46.25, 66 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 2×2, 6×6, 7×7, Pyraminx, 5×5 blindfolded
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Ryan Pilat over Siddharth Reddy
202
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ryan Pilat5.966.67
2×2Ryan Pilat1.311.95
4×4Ray Bai23.6527.14
6×6Ryan Pilat1:45.801:47.12
7×7Ryan Pilat2:39.322:46.06
3×3 blindfoldedAndrew Tao24.21—
ClockDylan Baumbach3.974.69
MegaminxRay Bai36.8938.00
PyraminxRyan Pilat2.813.22
Square-1Dylan Baumbach4.675.71
4×4 blindfoldedJeremy Sheng4:13.96—
5×5 blindfoldedRyan Pilat13:28.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindFletcher Berry21 of 23 cubes · 50:24—

The PB harvest

202 set · 60 still standing
  • Beck Andrews — Pyraminx single 2.19: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Serene Aryal — 3×3 single 7.57: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • David Spitzer — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Jett F. Knappe — 2×2 single 1.62: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Anish Venkataraman — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Cole Dugger — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Sidney Kocen — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Hutch Martinez-Self — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

139 competitors · 967 results · 13 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 6.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

139 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.