Competitions · United States
South Dakota First 2018
Sioux Falls, South Dakota · 5 May 2018 · 8 events · 56 competitors · 70 personal bests
Christopher Olson won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Tyler Robinson by 0.12 seconds. 56 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Isaac Daniel Elliott took a Skewb single of 1:16.82 down to 9.71, 87 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Christopher Olson | 7.29 | 8.23 |
| 2×2 | Christopher Olson | 1.56 | 1.79 |
| 4×4 | Christopher Olson | 31.01 | 33.77 |
| 5×5 | James Hildreth | 1:01.02 | 1:07.24 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Raymond Goslow | 56.71 | 1:21.70 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Tyler Robinson | 13.81 | 15.98 |
| Pyraminx | Joshua Feran | 3.52 | 4.79 |
| Skewb | Tyler Robinson | 3.16 | 4.29 |
The PB harvest
70 set · 16 still standing- Joshua Feran — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Ross Ritter — Pyraminx single 4.92: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
- Simon Beck — 2×2 single 3.45: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
- Jack Moan — Pyraminx single 5.99: into the top 19.9% of the event's history.
- Jack Moan — 3×3 single 16.01: into the top 27.8% of the event's history.
- Ross Ritter — 3×3 one-handed single 24.11: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.
- Carter Smook — Skewb single 6.77: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.
- William Christopher Morgan — Skewb single 7.84: into the top 40.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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
56 competitors · 417 results · 8 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. Christopher Olson won it with a 8.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 L2 B2 U2 B2 L B D F' L F2 D' F2 U' B2 L2 D' L2 - 2
B R' L B' R U2 L D' B' D2 R U2 F U2 L2 U2 F2 R2 D2 - 3
R F2 L2 U2 B2 R2 F2 R' B F D U2 B D2 F' R D F - 4
B2 U2 L2 F' L2 B' U2 B L' R B2 D' R' D2 U2 B' U R' D' - 5
B' D' F D L' U F B2 D F2 D2 F' D2 R2 B' L2 D2 L2 F2 D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
56 competitors- Austin Bierma
- Austin J. Puetz
- Ayla Steigerwald
- Benjamin VanDeBerg
- Blake Byl
- Brandon Mikel
- Brodie McNeese
- Carter Bitz
- Carter Smook
- Cecilia De La Vega
- Chaeli Baker
- Charlie Erfman
- Christian Fletcher
- Christopher Olson
- Clayton Solberg
- Cyrus Anderson
- Daeson Prairie Chicken
- Eli Nokes
- Elijah Ramlet
- Eliot Gongopoulos
- Hunter A. Hanson
- Ian Southa
- Isaac Daniel Elliott
- Jack Moan
- Jacob Nokes
- Jadyn Schilling
- James Hildreth
- Jedrick Remonde
- Jeremiah Misener
- Jesslyn Valerie
- Jordan N. Stevenson
- Joshua Feran
- Kevin Geppert
- Krishiv Kothari
- Luke Fonder
- Maksim Strizheus
- Mason Dusek
- Matthew Hartmann
- Mike Bitz
- Oliver Van Beek
- Owen T. Murphy
- Rachel Feran
- Raymond Goslow
- Rex Ritter
- Ross Ritter
- Sam Hopwood
- Seth Nokes
- Shane McDonald
- Simon Beck
- Tyler Bitz
- Tyler Robinson
- Walker Welch
- Will Harmelink
- William Christopher Morgan
- Yusuf Ragab
- Zachary Post
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.