Competitions · United States

Don't Pop Austin 2024

Austin, Texas · 2 June 2024 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 98 personal bests

Ray Bai won three of the six events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Tucker Chamberlain by 0.32 seconds. 70 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jackson Blancken took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:06.20 down to 34.85, 47 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ray Bai — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.32s

closest final — Pyraminx, Tucker Chamberlain over Ryan Pilat

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	5.76	6.83
4×4	Ryan Pilat	24.91	26.54
5×5	Ray Bai	40.76	47.13
3×3 one-handed	Ray Bai	11.06	11.93
Megaminx	Ray Bai	35.09	38.70
Pyraminx	Tucker Chamberlain	2.45	2.75

The PB harvest

98 set · 13 still standing

Azhar Virani — 3×3 single 5.87: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Tej Aliota — 3×3 single 6.40: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
Tristan Patrick — 3×3 one-handed single 13.07: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Desmond Carman — 3×3 one-handed single 14.72: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Aiden Singh — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Desmond Carman — Megaminx single 1:28.04: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
Eli Peng — 4×4 single 52.94: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.
Eli Peng — 5×5 single 1:43.66: into the top 38.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

70 competitors · 419 results · 6 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 6.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.