Competitions · United States

T-Town Showdown 2023

Tuscaloosa, Alabama · 7 October 2023 · 5 events · 76 competitors · 83 personal bests

Nicolás Sánchez won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.00 seconds. 76 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hudson Fraser took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:21.97 down to 33.27, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nicolás Sánchez — 3×3, 2×2

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, Nicolás Sánchez over Matias Marcantoni-Nunez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicolás Sánchez	6.82	7.82
2×2	Nicolás Sánchez	1.49	1.73
4×4	Katie Hull	27.08	29.72
3×3 one-handed	Dylan Miller	10.97	12.93
Clock	Jonathan Pelser	5.26	6.16

The PB harvest

83 set · 18 still standing

Justin Barker — 3×3 single 5.43: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Thaddeus Vacca — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Pranav Sundararajan — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Nicky Steingraber — 3×3 one-handed single 17.07: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Thaddeus Vacca — 4×4 single 49.44: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Shenghan Carson Ramey-Rodgers — 2×2 single 3.91: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
Ariv Nathani — 3×3 single 17.94: into the top 33.9% of the event's history.
Thaddeus Vacca — 2×2 single 5.28: into the top 42.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

76 competitors · 401 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.