Competitions · United States

South East Texas Open 2018

Port Neches, Texas · 6 January 2018 · 8 events · 75 competitors · 70 personal bests

Katie Hull won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by RJ Gohn by 0.43 seconds. 75 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nicholas Hay took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 1:16.97 down to 38.56, 50 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Katie Hull — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.43s

closest final — Square-1, RJ Gohn over Katie Hull

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	6.81	7.66
4×4	Katie Hull	28.01	32.47
5×5	Katie Hull	1:06.96	1:09.65
6×6	Zachary White	2:14.39	2:15.58
7×7	Zachary White	2:37.11	2:54.31
3×3 blindfolded	Angelo Zhang	21.17	—
Megaminx	Katie Hull	58.83	1:02.89
Square-1	RJ Gohn	10.51	12.52

The PB harvest

70 set · 12 still standing

Raymond Goslow — 3×3 blindfolded single 51.58: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Owen Clyde — 3×3 single 11.64: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Jacob Bell — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Dawson Gonzalez — 4×4 single 46.32: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Jacob Bell — Square-1 single 18.94: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Luke Clyde — 3×3 single 15.38: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
Jacob Bell — 4×4 single 51.13: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Jacob Bell — 5×5 single 1:42.02: into the top 36.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

75 competitors · 319 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 7.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.