Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady Summer 2019

College Park, Maryland · 14 September 2019 · 4 events · 162 competitors · 155 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.19 seconds. 162 competitors produced 155 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Milan Das took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:06.03 down to 32.82, 50 percent better in one day.

Four wins

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

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Patrick Ponce over Sean Belke

155

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.19	7.42
4×4	Patrick Ponce	24.74	28.98
5×5	Patrick Ponce	43.52	51.42
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	9.06	11.18

The PB harvest

155 set · 43 still standing

Justin Gou — 3×3 single 6.35: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
Sean Belke — 3×3 one-handed single 9.83: into the top 0.94% of the event's history.
Nick Penafiel — 3×3 single 7.76: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Connor McLaughlin — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Leland Zheng — 3×3 single 8.52: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Lucinda Zhou — 4×4 single 35.34: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Ryan Zou — 3×3 single 10.05: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Justin Choi — 3×3 one-handed single 15.14: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

162 competitors · 679 results · 4 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 7.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

162 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.