Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady Spring 2017

College Park, Maryland · 2 April 2017 · 6 events · 173 competitors · 134 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.42 seconds. 173 competitors produced 134 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 55 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lucas Etter set the 3×3 average continental record: 6.89.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.42s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Patrick Ponce over Jabari Nuruddin

134

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lucas Etter	5.57	6.89
4×4	Patrick Ponce	25.96	28.79
5×5	Patrick Ponce	57.90	59.85
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	13.08	13.89
Megaminx	Nick Rech	53.31	57.35
Square-1	Rowe Hessler	8.04	10.17

The PB harvest

134 set · 22 still standing

Raphael Lopez — 3×3 single 7.59: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Kaitlyn Kim — 3×3 single 12.42: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Amod Mathur — Square-1 single 14.59: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Evan Tatusko — 3×3 single 12.99: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Anonymous — 3×3 single 13.39: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Ryan Strudgeon — 3×3 single 15.24: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Peter Chen — 3×3 single 15.40: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.
Jason Calkins — 3×3 one-handed single 22.74: into the top 28.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

55 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

173 competitors · 623 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. Lucas Etter won it with a 6.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

173 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.