Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023

Belmont, California · 1 October 2023 · 5 events · 150 competitors · 157 personal bests

Ethan Jan won the 3×3 with a 6.67 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Evan Millsap by 0.04 seconds. 150 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 62 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dhruv Chalasani took a 2×2 single of 10.05 down to 4.20, 58 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.04s

closest final — Clock, Evan Millsap over Cameron Miller (梅克龍)

157

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Jan	5.98	6.67
2×2	Cameron Miller (梅克龍)	1.18	1.70
4×4	Varun Mohanraj	25.66	27.61
Clock	Evan Millsap	3.91	5.29
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.72	2.43

The PB harvest

157 set · 62 still standing

Alexandre Ravel — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Archit Mahale — 3×3 single 7.96: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Alexandre Ravel — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Alexandre Ravel — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Taylor Schannon — Pyraminx single 3.22: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Mica Paquot — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Sebastian Post — 2×2 single 2.04: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Luis Maciel — Pyraminx single 3.40: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

150 competitors · 791 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. Ethan Jan won it with a 6.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

150 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.