Competitions · United States

Keep Austin Weird 2023

Austin, Texas · 10 December 2023 · 7 events · 84 competitors · 66 personal bests

Ray Bai won three of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Sourish Datta by 0.07 seconds. 84 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Luke Meszar took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 1:35.93 down to 48.70, 49 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ray Bai — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.07s

closest final — Clock, Sourish Datta over Jose Ortiz Jr.

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kyle Santucci	5.32	6.46
4×4	Ray Bai	25.67	27.26
5×5	Ray Bai	50.62	54.91
3×3 blindfolded	Jeremy Sheng	43.27	—
Clock	Sourish Datta	5.83	7.21
Megaminx	Ray Bai	29.23	36.74
Skewb	Austin Sanchez	3.54	4.64

The PB harvest

66 set · 20 still standing

Ray Bai — Megaminx single 29.23: into the top 0.16% of the event's history.
Pranav Veera — Megaminx single 42.03: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Niranjan Uppiliappan — 3×3 single 10.22: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Luke Meszar — 4×4 single 38.14: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Christopher Dornfeld — 4×4 single 43.76: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Dylan Jarvis — 3×3 single 15.26: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
Page Tan — Clock single 11.20: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
London DeRaffele — 4×4 single 55.78: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

84 competitors · 442 results · 7 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. Kyle Santucci won it with a 6.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.