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Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024

San Luis Obispo, California · 16 March 2024 · 5 events · 44 competitors · 34 personal bests

Paul Mahvi won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Paul Mahvi by 0.02 seconds. 44 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Owen Scott Dakos took a Skewb single of 31.89 down to 6.89, 78 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Paul Mahvi — 3×3, 4×4
0.02s
closest final — 4×4, Paul Mahvi over Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paul Mahvi6.017.60
4×4Paul Mahvi26.5328.19
MegaminxNico Harper (李有為)33.9836.24
PyraminxJack Flynn Stewart2.984.86
SkewbTaj Bressert2.363.19

The PB harvest

34 set · 19 still standing
  • Jack Doyle — 3×3 single 6.59: into the top 0.93% of the event's history.
  • Jordan Herman — Pyraminx single 2.56: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • TJ Kelly — Skewb single 2.36: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Jack Doyle — 4×4 single 30.83: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Elliot Hawkins — Pyraminx single 2.98: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Sean Huffman — 3×3 single 9.32: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Jordan Herman — Megaminx single 54.75: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Edgar Bustillos Morales — 4×4 single 39.10: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

44 competitors · 228 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. Paul Mahvi won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.