Competitions · Canada

Appleby Summer B 2023

Oakville, Ontario · 13 August 2023 · 5 events · 124 competitors · 94 personal bests

Matthew Lee won two of the five events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Matthew Lee by 0.02 seconds. 124 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arhaan Sareen set the 2×2 single national record: 0.60.

Two wins

Matthew Lee — 3×3, Square-1

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Matthew Lee over Nikhil Soares

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matthew Lee	5.47	7.25
2×2	Nicholas Patterson	1.45	1.64
5×5	Arhaan Sareen	48.46	50.94
Megaminx	Nikhil Soares	35.47	37.21
Square-1	Matthew Lee	6.91	9.14

The PB harvest

94 set · 34 still standing

Arhaan Sareen — 2×2 single 0.60: into the top 0.042% of the event's history.
Nicholas Patterson — 2×2 single 0.73: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Matthew Lee — Megaminx single 35.74: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Jonathan Wang (王嘉洺) — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Prosper Huang — 2×2 single 1.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Aariz Lalani — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Kaitlyn Wong (王紀程) — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Alben Joseph Caga — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

124 competitors · 388 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. Matthew Lee won it with a 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

124 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.