Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023

Berkeley, California · 25 June 2023 · 5 events · 180 competitors · 144 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won four of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Varun Mohanraj by 0.42 seconds. 180 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lucas Choi took a 2×2 single of 7.36 down to 2.90, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Varun Mohanraj — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 6×6

0.42s

closest final — 3×3, Varun Mohanraj over Heidi Chan

144

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	6.04	6.81
2×2	Varun Mohanraj	1.80	2.05
5×5	Varun Mohanraj	46.58	51.94
6×6	Varun Mohanraj	1:31.03	1:34.34
7×7	Paul Mahvi	2:22.01	2:22.54

The PB harvest

144 set · 43 still standing

Lucas Bekele — 3×3 single 7.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Andre Luis Rubio — 3×3 single 7.49: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Josiah Neufeldt — 3×3 single 7.57: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Heidi Chan — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Ayaan Gupta — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Josiah Thaddeus Davids — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Timur Bekdjanov — 3×3 single 10.63: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Sebastian Miner — 3×3 single 11.47: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

180 competitors · 624 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. Varun Mohanraj won it with a 6.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.