Competitions · United States

Space City Summer 2023

Houston, Texas · 8 July 2023 · 5 events · 125 competitors · 119 personal bests

Derek Herrera won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Derek Herrera by 0.06 seconds. 125 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Landon Samples took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:46.25 down to 28.61, 73 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Derek Herrera — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Derek Herrera over Om Joshi

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Derek Herrera	7.58	8.09
4×4	Om Joshi	30.24	34.54
3×3 one-handed	Derek Herrera	10.86	13.59
Megaminx	Dylan Miller	31.99	34.77
Skewb	Riley Norrid	2.74	3.30

The PB harvest

119 set · 45 still standing

Justin Zhou — 3×3 single 6.20: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Adam Tran — 3×3 single 7.30: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Christopher G. Argueta — 3×3 single 7.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Justin Zhou — 3×3 one-handed single 11.12: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Lucas T. Meade — Skewb single 2.73: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Desmond Carman — Skewb single 3.32: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Hlib Antykhovych — 3×3 single 9.84: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Landon Samples — Skewb single 4.63: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

125 competitors · 557 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. Derek Herrera won it with a 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.