Competitions · United States
Gem State Sprint 2026
Meridian, Idaho · 28 February 2026 · 5 events · 44 competitors · 52 personal bests
Evan Beck won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Rustin Haderlie by 0.38 seconds. 44 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Oliver Wichmann took a Skewb single of 29.53 down to 10.31, 65 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Evan Beck | 6.66 | 7.73 |
| 2×2 | Evan Beck | 1.21 | 2.00 |
| Clock | Lowen Shattuck | 6.10 | 7.31 |
| Pyraminx | Rustin Haderlie | 5.01 | 5.91 |
| Skewb | Lowen Shattuck | 3.00 | 4.61 |
The PB harvest
52 set · 45 still standing- Evan Beck — 2×2 single 1.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
- Grady Wright — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Rustin Haderlie — 2×2 single 1.62: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Espinoza — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
- Lowen Shattuck — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
- Conlin Alzheimer — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
- Andrew Terpening — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
- Brendan Robinson — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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 · 283 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. Evan Beck won it with a 7.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 U2 L2 B2 D2 L' B2 L U2 F' D L F' L2 D R' U' B2 U - 2
F' D' F2 U' R2 B2 L2 U B' D R' D U' F2 U2 B2 R' D - 3
R' U2 F' B' R B L' R2 D F2 D L2 U' L2 U' L F' D2 F2 - 4
U' F D B2 U' B' R L2 U B' L' B2 D2 F2 B2 L2 B' U2 L2 - 5
F2 U2 R' D2 B' D2 U2 B' F U2 F2 R F2 D F L B2 D2 F
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
44 competitors- Albert Cho
- Andrew Terpening
- Aven Joseph Smith
- Beau Jeffery Davies
- Benjamin Espinoza
- Benjamin Huff
- Brendan Robinson
- Caleb Budge
- Christopher Youngberg
- Cody Cheng
- Colton Ryan Gepford
- Conlin Alzheimer
- Damian Wilding
- Eli Jameson
- Emily Thurston
- Evan Beck
- Evan Farrell
- Grady Wright
- Grant Magnolo
- Griffin Rhys Baldwin
- Jackson Vondergeest
- Jacob Rodewald
- Jiraiya Ezra James Bishop
- Jonathan JJ Robinson
- Joshua Cannon
- Joshua Daniel Avila
- Jude Hendricks
- Kalen Ottley
- Karen Beck
- Kolei O'Reilly
- Levi Reimann
- Lowen Shattuck
- Lucien Mueller
- Mason Ryan Howard
- Matthias Moore
- Max Bittick
- Nathaniel Guidara
- Oliver Wichmann
- Robert G. Klusaw
- Rustin Haderlie
- Santiago Ramirez
- Sol Rathi
- Teagen Grover
- Titus Zirges
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.