Competitions · United States

Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023

Dayton, Ohio · 21 May 2023 · 5 events · 69 competitors · 96 personal bests

Luke Garrett won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ezra Shere by 0.09 seconds. 69 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maxwell Cobb took a Skewb single of 15.24 down to 5.24, 66 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 2×2, Skewb

0.09s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ezra Shere over Steven Wintringham

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.59	6.10
2×2	Luke Garrett	0.75	1.93
Clock	Caleb Kearney	4.67	5.60
Pyraminx	Ezra Shere	1.44	1.92
Skewb	Luke Garrett	3.25	4.04

The PB harvest

96 set · 34 still standing

Lucas Meyer — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Ezra Shere — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Anton Vovchenko — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Jacob Nobili — Skewb single 2.42: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Lucas Meyer — Skewb single 2.52: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Mason Langenderfer — Clock single 5.65: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Carson Miller — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Collin Roberts — Skewb single 3.66: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

69 competitors · 463 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 6.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.