Competitions · United States

Grind City 2019

Memphis, Tennessee · 2 March 2019 · 8 events · 72 competitors · 109 personal bests

Katie Hull won two of the eight events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Katie Hull by 0.33 seconds. 72 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yusef Ibrahim took a Megaminx single of 6:01.43 down to 2:31.15, 58 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Katie Hull — 2×2, 4×4

0.33s

closest final — 2×2, Katie Hull over Dylan Miller

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	5.56	7.65
2×2	Katie Hull	2.40	2.66
4×4	Katie Hull	27.91	31.13
5×5	Zachary White	58.15	1:02.40
3×3 blindfolded	Joshua Feran	1:13.43	—
3×3 one-handed	Eli Parker	10.08	12.31
Megaminx	Jared Stinson	43.37	49.55
Pyraminx	Tripp Cox	1.98	3.19

The PB harvest

109 set · 38 still standing

Tripp Cox — Pyraminx single 1.98: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
David Beugnon — Pyraminx single 3.58: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Benjamin Finley Lumpkin — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Benjamin Finley Lumpkin — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Colin Crosskno — 3×3 single 10.28: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Tripp Cox — 3×3 one-handed single 17.37: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Colin Crosskno — 4×4 single 42.48: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Henry Rusten — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

72 competitors · 492 results · 8 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.