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Fort Wayne Favorites 2023

Fort Wayne, Indiana · 3 September 2023 · 13 events · 111 competitors · 103 personal bests

Jack Pfeifer won three of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Luke Garrett by 0.04 seconds. 111 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jackson Gunter took a 2×2 single of 12.38 down to 3.47, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Jack Pfeifer — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Luke Garrett over Sujan Feist
103
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Eli Parker6.166.96
2×2Luke Garrett1.021.71
4×4Braden Richards32.5236.24
5×5Jack Pfeifer47.8150.99
6×6Jack Pfeifer1:23.741:34.42
7×7Jack Pfeifer2:14.702:18.41
3×3 blindfoldedZeke Mackay43.56—
3×3 one-handedLuke Garrett7.7510.53
ClockCarter Thomas3.475.58
MegaminxLuke Griesser43.0547.17
PyraminxEzra Shere1.231.72
SkewbCarter Kucala1.822.16
Square-1Evan Wright6.757.66

The PB harvest

103 set · 31 still standing
  • Caden Grey — 3×3 single 7.32: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Maxwell Cobb — Pyraminx single 3.09: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Ayan Abrar — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Eli Miller — Pyraminx single 3.56: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Benjamín Durán Robles — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Ludwiski — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Eric Moras — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Isaac Green — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

111 competitors · 531 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. Eli Parker won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.