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Grizzly Awakening 2024

Missoula, Montana · 4 May 2024 · 8 events · 32 competitors · 54 personal bests

Luke Tycksen won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Luke Tycksen by 0.03 seconds. 32 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jeremiah Rummerfield took a 5×5 single of 4:50.46 down to 2:30.39, 48 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Luke Tycksen — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Luke Tycksen over Ethan George Hayes
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Luke Tycksen6.507.59
2×2Luke Tycksen1.982.63
4×4Luke Tycksen24.2728.18
5×5Luke Tycksen46.2551.77
3×3 blindfoldedBen Streeter1:10.901:21.25
3×3 one-handedLuke Tycksen9.9210.93
PyraminxSamuel Williams4.925.65
SkewbClément Cherblanc3.384.76

The PB harvest

54 set · 25 still standing
  • Luke Tycksen — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Williams — Skewb single 3.08: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Williams — 3×3 one-handed single 15.58: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Evan Long — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Bruno Flowers — 3×3 single 11.91: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Ben Streeter — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:10.90: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Raman Uladymtsau — 2×2 single 3.35: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Hewitt — 3×3 one-handed single 20.95: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

32 competitors · 267 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. Luke Tycksen won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.