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Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024

Greenville, South Carolina · 30 March 2024 · 6 events · 91 competitors · 78 personal bests

Caleb Chen won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Keon Wilson by 0.03 seconds. 91 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Liam Mayle took a Pyraminx single of 19.37 down to 7.89, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Caleb Chen — 3×3, 2×2

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Keon Wilson over Alex Bohac

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Chen	5.75	6.95
2×2	Caleb Chen	1.21	1.25
3×3 blindfolded	Orion Leavitt-Lytle	53.05	—
Megaminx	Nicolás Sánchez	46.68	56.61
Pyraminx	Keon Wilson	1.72	2.54
Skewb	Nathan Smith	3.19	3.93

The PB harvest

78 set · 26 still standing

Jacob Sasine — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Jude Fleming — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Isaac Lennard — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Silas Starling — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
NJ Kim — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Tristan Thompson — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Isaac Lennard — Megaminx single 59.89: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Dang Tran — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

91 competitors · 519 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. Caleb Chen won it with a 6.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

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.