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Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015

San Antonio, Texas · 13 June 2015 · 11 events · 72 competitors · 103 personal bests

Anthony Brooks won three of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anthony Brooks by 0.01 seconds. 72 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eli Hawkins took a 3×3 single of 1:02.94 down to 18.03, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Anthony Brooks — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Anthony Brooks over Sumeet Agarwal
103
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anthony Brooks8.519.70
2×2Anthony Brooks2.923.56
4×4Francis Wong Jia Yen36.1640.44
5×5Francis Wong Jia Yen1:24.801:27.20
6×6Sumeet Agarwal2:37.302:55.08
7×7Sumeet Agarwal4:20.804:26.85
3×3 blindfoldedRyan Przybocki1:51.61—
3×3 one-handedAnthony Brooks15.5617.57
MegaminxSumeet Agarwal1:23.051:28.20
PyraminxRobert Horvath4.875.90
SkewbRiley Norrid3.845.17

The PB harvest

103 set · 35 still standing
  • Ruben Ramos — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Jesse Hartnett — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • William Boards — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Angelo Zhang — 4×4 single 38.03: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Shonathon Collins — Pyraminx single 4.70: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Sun — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Sun — Skewb single 5.29: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Ruben Ramos — 5×5 single 1:28.09: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

72 competitors · 449 results · 11 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. Anthony Brooks won it with a 9.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.