Competitions · Canada

Appleby Winter A 2023

Oakville, Ontario · 7 January 2023 · 5 events · 166 competitors · 131 personal bests

Brennen Lin won the 3×3 with a 7.08 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Joey Saia by 0.12 seconds. 166 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 62 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hussain Alasiri set the 3×3 single national record: 7.73.

events decided

0.12s

closest final — Skewb, Joey Saia over Nicholas Patterson

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brennen Lin	4.50	7.08
Megaminx	Arhaan Sareen	39.01	42.01
Pyraminx	Andrew Mao	2.48	2.95
Skewb	Joey Saia	3.24	3.49
Square-1	Matthew Lee	8.58	9.51

The PB harvest

131 set · 52 still standing

Ryan Wu — Pyraminx single 1.92: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Ryan Wu — Skewb single 1.92: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Brennen Lin — Pyraminx single 2.27: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Jonathan Wang (王嘉洺) — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ruichen Wang — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Skylar Porter — Skewb single 2.78: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Skylar Porter — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Kai Wen Yang — Pyraminx single 3.73: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

62 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

166 competitors · 599 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

166 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.