Competitions · United States

Twisters in Tulsa 2023

Tulsa, Oklahoma · 23 April 2023 · 6 events · 91 competitors · 73 personal bests

Raymos Castillo won three of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zachary Walden by 0.26 seconds. 91 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joshua Riker took a Pyraminx single of 21.58 down to 4.32, 80 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Raymos Castillo — 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.26s

closest final — 3×3, Zachary Walden over Kevin Reyes-Velazquez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zachary Walden	7.57	8.78
2×2	Siddharth Reddy	1.67	2.31
5×5	Lydia Workman	57.18	1:03.05
3×3 blindfolded	Raymos Castillo	1:20.18	—
Pyraminx	Raymos Castillo	3.35	3.72
Square-1	Raymos Castillo	11.08	14.49

The PB harvest

73 set · 29 still standing

Greyson Wimberley — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Logan Pinkston — Pyraminx single 3.68: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Adrian Salazar — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Joshua Riker — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Atzel Flores — 3×3 single 10.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Gabriel Pollet — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Joshua Riker — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Lugibihl — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

91 competitors · 480 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. Zachary Walden won it with a 8.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.