Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023

Berkeley, California · 8 July 2023 · 5 events · 59 competitors · 63 personal bests

Nir Marcovitz won the 2×2 with a 2.46 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nir Marcovitz by 0.02 seconds. 59 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sameer Dhillon took a 2×2 single of 5.80 down to 2.64, 54 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Nir Marcovitz over Zane Qureshi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
2×2	Nir Marcovitz	1.87	2.46
6×6	Paul Mahvi	1:33.08	1:39.31
3×3 blindfolded	Elliott Kobelansky	15.29	19.28
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.12	10.33
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	37.61	42.60

The PB harvest

63 set · 20 still standing

Nico Harper (李有為) — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Nir Marcovitz — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Varenya Jyotiraditya — 2×2 single 2.04: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Brian Wu Shang Zhi (鄔尚志) — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Dev Shah — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Evan Chin — 3×3 blindfolded single 41.19: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Sameer Dhillon — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Jason Wong — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

59 competitors · 223 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

59 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.