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Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023

Berkeley, California · 6 August 2023 · 5 events · 178 competitors · 199 personal bests

Luke Garrett won four of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Luke Garrett by 0.22 seconds. 178 competitors produced 199 personal bests, 66 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Lin took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:08.31 down to 28.35, 58 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.22s

closest final — 3×3, Luke Garrett over Christopher Yen

199

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.11	6.12
2×2	Luke Garrett	1.29	1.56
4×4	Varun Mohanraj	24.08	27.45
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	8.58	9.53
Megaminx	Luke Garrett	41.81	44.16

The PB harvest

199 set · 66 still standing

Zeke Miller — 3×3 single 7.10: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Vivek Verma — 3×3 single 7.59: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Ridwan Shams Khan — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Max Li — 3×3 one-handed single 13.51: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Moran Grinstein — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Mica Paquot — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Stephen Zhu — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Shmuly Grossbaum — 3×3 single 10.00: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

178 competitors · 770 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 6.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

178 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.