Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady Spring 2024

College Park, Maryland · 13 April 2024 · 8 events · 165 competitors · 146 personal bests

Sanzhar Beisembayev won two of the eight events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sanzhar Beisembayev by 0.04 seconds. 165 competitors produced 146 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Frezer Dessew set the 5×5 single national record: 2:16.06.

Two wins

Sanzhar Beisembayev — 3×3, 5×5

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Sanzhar Beisembayev over Zayn Khanani

146

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sanzhar Beisembayev	7.04	7.91
2×2	Zayn Khanani	0.68	1.07
5×5	Sanzhar Beisembayev	53.40	58.41
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	18.94	—
3×3 one-handed	Zayn Khanani	10.50	12.34
4×4 blindfolded	Kevin Liu	2:57.83	3:29.08
5×5 blindfolded	Rowe Hessler	5:44.03	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Rowe Hessler	59 of 64 cubes · 59:25	—

The PB harvest

146 set · 59 still standing

Jacob Tucker — 3×3 single 6.16: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Samuel McRea — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Jaden Chen — 3×3 single 9.75: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Nathan L. Nguyen — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Santiago Santana — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Soham Jinsi — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Anthony Semak — 3×3 single 11.60: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Andrew Zhang — 3×3 single 11.75: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

165 competitors · 756 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

165 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.