Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady Summer 2017

College Park, Maryland · 1 July 2017 · 5 events · 150 competitors · 107 personal bests

Keaton Ellis won the 3×3 with a 8.04 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Charles Jerome by 0.06 seconds. 150 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Raparaoelina Mandresy set the 3×3 single national record: 13.58.

events decided

0.06s

closest final — Clock, Charles Jerome over Tommy Szeliga

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Keaton Ellis	6.37	8.04
4×4	Chanoe Park	29.77	32.23
Clock	Charles Jerome	9.53	10.36
Skewb	Zeyu Hu (胡泽宇)	2.49	3.37
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	8.12	9.64

The PB harvest

107 set · 31 still standing

Keaton Ellis — 3×3 single 5.08: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
Alex Thielemier — Square-1 single 11.50: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Charles Saroff — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Ander Lopez — 3×3 single 12.16: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Henry Savich — Clock single 8.97: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Clifton Morgan — 3×3 single 13.88: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
John Karl Murphy — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Shreyan Jaiswal — 4×4 single 50.82: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

150 competitors · 540 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. Keaton Ellis won it with a 8.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

150 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.