Competitions · United States

Swallow Spring 2023

Hartland, Wisconsin · 22 April 2023 · 5 events · 133 competitors · 129 personal bests

Luke Garrett won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Luke Garrett by 0.07 seconds. 133 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adrian Millan took a Skewb single of 21.64 down to 9.82, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx

0.07s

closest final — 4×4, Luke Garrett over Brian Johnson

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.61	6.16
4×4	Luke Garrett	26.14	27.78
Clock	Reed W. Richardson	3.78	4.54
Megaminx	Luke Garrett	38.46	40.93
Skewb	Brian Johnson	2.15	2.45

The PB harvest

129 set · 34 still standing

Elijah Ackerman — 3×3 single 6.08: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
Noah Simcox — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Will Cerne — 4×4 single 31.82: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Cho — Megaminx single 48.51: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Elijah Ackerman — Skewb single 2.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Carter Cieslewicz — Skewb single 3.38: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
David Jiang (蒋濬哲) — Skewb single 3.69: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Andrew Struebing — 3×3 single 11.15: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

133 competitors · 614 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 6.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.