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Flag City Summer 2023

Findlay, Ohio · 22 July 2023 · 13 events · 106 competitors · 200 personal bests

Luke Garrett won six of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Luke Garrett by 0.04 seconds. 106 competitors produced 200 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Ezra Shere set the Pyraminx average world record: 1.51.

Six wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — Clock, Luke Garrett over Caleb Kearney

200

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	4.50	5.36
2×2	Luke Garrett	1.01	1.71
4×4	Luke Garrett	23.17	27.23
5×5	Jack Pfeifer	49.58	50.76
6×6	Jack Pfeifer	1:28.48	1:31.96
7×7	Jack Pfeifer	2:20.20	2:27.33
3×3 blindfolded	Mason Langenderfer	35.73	37.50
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	8.90	9.91
Clock	Luke Garrett	4.21	5.20
Megaminx	Luke Garrett	40.68	42.21
Pyraminx	Ezra Shere	1.46	1.81
Skewb	Chris Chi	2.28	3.46
Square-1	Chris Chi	6.76	8.37

The PB harvest

200 set · 57 still standing

Luke Garrett — 3×3 single 3.44: into the top 0.0046% of the event's history.
Chris Chi — Skewb single 1.22: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
Owen Widdis — 3×3 single 5.77: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Sean Cutshaw — Pyraminx single 2.45: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Andy Denney — 3×3 one-handed single 11.86: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Jarrett Scheid — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Rishabh Ranjan — 3×3 single 9.08: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Ivan Krueger — 4×4 single 33.72: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

106 competitors · 918 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 5.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.