Competitions · United States

Space City Winter 2024

Houston, Texas · 6 January 2024 · 6 events · 124 competitors · 127 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won two of the six events (3×3, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.01 seconds. 124 competitors produced 127 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nicholas Edward Oppermann took a 2×2 single of 10.28 down to 3.89, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Ryan Pilat over Ray Bai

127

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	5.91	6.92
2×2	Siddharth Reddy	1.20	1.60
4×4	Ray Bai	24.71	25.29
5×5	Ray Bai	46.47	50.70
6×6	Jason Lee	1:38.23	1:44.88
7×7	Ryan Pilat	2:31.53	2:32.80

The PB harvest

127 set · 39 still standing

Jonathan Pelser — 3×3 single 6.55: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Justin Zhou — 4×4 single 26.07: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Tej Aliota — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Don Daniels — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jonathan Pelser — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Landon Luu — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Sage Wang — 3×3 single 9.68: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Diego Arturo Reyes — 4×4 single 36.60: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

124 competitors · 584 results · 6 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. Ryan Pilat won it with a 6.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

124 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.