Competitions · Canada

Appleby Winter B 2023

Oakville, Ontario · 8 January 2023 · 5 events · 164 competitors · 95 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Bill Wang by 1.18 seconds. 164 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 62 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) set the 3×3 single national record: 5.45.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

1.18s

closest final — 5×5, Bill Wang over Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.78	6.35
4×4	Bill Wang	23.54	26.38
5×5	Bill Wang	46.59	47.68
6×6	Omar Ellabban	1:27.29	1:30.67
7×7	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	2:06.70	2:10.47

The PB harvest

95 set · 28 still standing

Ray Vince Ong — 3×3 single 6.39: into the top 0.76% of the event's history.
Ray Vince Ong — 5×5 single 58.04: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Andrew Poon — 4×4 single 38.29: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Yash Sarap — 3×3 single 10.99: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Hudson Tranmer — 3×3 single 11.10: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Rose Zheng — 4×4 single 39.32: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Russell MacInnis — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Michael Fisher — 5×5 single 1:13.79: into the top 14.4% 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

164 competitors · 410 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. Bill Wang won it with a 6.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

164 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.