Competitions · United States

Don't Mess With Texas 2017

Houston, Texas · 29 April 2017 · 7 events · 130 competitors · 104 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Anthony Brooks by 0.29 seconds. 130 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 57 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jeff Park set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 19.57.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.29s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Anthony Brooks over Weston Mizumoto

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.54	7.11
4×4	Patrick Ponce	26.35	31.50
5×5	Patrick Ponce	54.70	59.23
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:38.74	1:39.82
7×7	Kevin Hays	2:26.61	2:37.68
3×3 blindfolded	Jeff Park	19.57	25.89
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Brooks	14.35	15.63

The PB harvest

104 set · 17 still standing

Anonymous — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Derick Miller — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Aditya Vaidya — 3×3 single 12.12: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Ruben Oscar Garcia Jr. — 3×3 single 12.13: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Edwin Isaac Ruiz — 3×3 single 12.14: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
James Laase — 3×3 single 12.42: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Joshua Tickell — 3×3 single 12.65: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
James Laase — 3×3 one-handed single 18.96: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

57 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

130 competitors · 479 results · 7 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.