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Texas Championship 2024

San Antonio, Texas · 22 November 2024 · 16 events · 199 competitors · 410 personal bests

Ray Bai won three of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Marcus Kamen by 0.10 seconds. 199 competitors produced 410 personal bests, 171 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhea Salazar took a Square-1 single of 1:42.53 down to 12.20, 88 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Ray Bai — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.10s
closest final — Pyraminx, Marcus Kamen over Andres Rodriguez
410
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kyle Santucci4.826.08
2×2Siddharth Reddy0.661.50
4×4Ray Bai24.0125.07
5×5Ray Bai44.9747.84
6×6Benjamin Wei1:19.671:30.46
7×7Benjamin Wei1:58.732:04.04
3×3 blindfoldedRyan Pilat25.63—
3×3 one-handedKyle Santucci9.1111.56
ClockWilliam Henry Ruppert V3.133.79
MegaminxRay Bai34.4839.78
PyraminxMarcus Kamen1.622.06
SkewbJonathan Pelser3.543.81
Square-1Dylan Baumbach4.345.26
4×4 blindfoldedRyan Pilat3:46.28—
5×5 blindfoldedJoshua Gao7:00.77—
3×3 Multi-BlindJoshua Gao32 of 36 cubes · 57:50—

The PB harvest

410 set · 171 still standing
  • Benjamin Wei — 3×3 single 5.42: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
  • Siddharth Reddy — Clock single 2.60: into the top 0.32% of the event's history.
  • Brian Brooks — 3×3 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Konstantin Bryan — 3×3 single 8.54: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Junie Rogers — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Levi Doles — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Rodrigo Villegas — 3×3 single 8.86: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Griffin Egan — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

199 competitors · 1997 results · 16 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. Kyle Santucci won it with a 6.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

199 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.