The optimal third-order method is
$$\begin{align*}
\alpha_1 = & \frac{1}{2k+1)(k-1)^2} &
\alpha_{k} = & \frac{k^2(2k-3)}{(k-1)^2(2k+1)} \\
\beta_k = & \frac{k^2}{(k-1)(2k+1)} &
\beta_{k+1} = & \frac{k}{2k+1)} \\
\end{align*}
$$
and has time step coefficient $\frac{2k-3}{k-1}$.