Competitions · United States

Sioux City Sunday 2023

Sioux City, Iowa · 23 July 2023 · 7 events · 66 competitors · 69 personal bests

Carter Kucala won four of the seven events (3×3, 7×7, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carter Kucala by 0.23 seconds. 66 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sam Troxel took a 4×4 single of 2:15.06 down to 50.75, 62 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Carter Kucala — 3×3, 7×7, Skewb, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — 3×3, Carter Kucala over Brian Johnson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carter Kucala	5.77	7.11
2×2	Brian Johnson	1.43	1.94
4×4	Zeke Mackay	27.05	28.74
7×7	Carter Kucala	2:39.76	2:50.61
3×3 blindfolded	Will Cerne	17.47	—
Skewb	Carter Kucala	1.63	1.99
Square-1	Carter Kucala	5.99	7.41

The PB harvest

69 set · 31 still standing

Ben Tibbetts — Square-1 single 6.93: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Schock — Square-1 single 12.09: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Brody Lassner — 7×7 single 3:08.24: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Tyler Schepanski — Square-1 single 14.07: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Dong — 3×3 single 13.12: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Mercer Wajda — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Levi Post — 4×4 single 50.13: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
Liam Weigel — 3×3 single 15.70: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

66 competitors · 414 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. Carter Kucala won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.