Competitions · United States

Katy Cubing 2019

Katy, Texas · 16 March 2019 · 6 events · 74 competitors · 107 personal bests

Mahith Bandi won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Mahith Bandi by 0.53 seconds. 74 competitors produced 107 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

Omari Walker took a Skewb single of 32.33 down to 11.49, 64 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Mahith Bandi — 4×4, 5×5, 7×7

0.53s

closest final — 4×4, Mahith Bandi over Dylan Miller

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	5.86	7.46
4×4	Mahith Bandi	26.99	32.90
5×5	Mahith Bandi	52.64	1:00.91
7×7	Mahith Bandi	2:27.23	2:40.42
Megaminx	Renzo Rodriguez Moreno	51.88	53.38
Skewb	Riley Norrid	2.44	3.19

The PB harvest

107 set · 38 still standing

Caleb Tate — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Erik Cheng (鄭聿軒) — 4×4 single 36.16: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Tyler Lambert — Skewb single 3.63: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Srijan Datta — Skewb single 3.77: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Sawyer Norton — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Matthew Malinak — Skewb single 3.97: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Erik Cheng (鄭聿軒) — 5×5 single 1:08.87: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Benjamin Cole Schimanski — 3×3 single 11.79: into the top 13.2% 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

74 competitors · 326 results · 6 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 7.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.