Competitions · United States

Music City Speedsolving 2023

Nashville, Tennessee · 21 January 2023 · 5 events · 108 competitors · 119 personal bests

Luke Garrett won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Vishwa Sankar by 0.36 seconds. 108 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joe Bagley took a Pyraminx single of 10.16 down to 4.47, 56 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.36s

closest final — Clock, Vishwa Sankar over Luke Garrett

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.78	6.35
3×3 blindfolded	Jacob Ambrose	1:02.52	1:19.86
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	10.03	11.29
Clock	Vishwa Sankar	4.04	4.82
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	1.77	2.36

The PB harvest

119 set · 27 still standing

Deacon Gale — Pyraminx single 3.26: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Canyon Hamby — 3×3 one-handed single 13.59: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Fox Forrester — Pyraminx single 3.52: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Eli Satterfield — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Jonathan Lee — Pyraminx single 4.42: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Karissa Porterfield — Pyraminx single 4.75: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Jackson McLean — Pyraminx single 5.33: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Eli Satterfield — Clock single 8.59: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

108 competitors · 516 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 6.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.