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Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023

South San Francisco, California · 3 September 2023 · 5 events · 118 competitors · 112 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won the 3×3 with a 7.10 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Aniket Das by 0.15 seconds. 118 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jackson Bakun took a Skewb single of 16.25 down to 4.56, 72 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.15s

closest final — Skewb, Aniket Das over Cameron Miller (梅克龍)

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	6.09	7.10
4×4	Paul Mahvi	27.15	28.52
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	38.89	41.21
Skewb	Aniket Das	2.98	4.01
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.88	7.63

The PB harvest

112 set · 30 still standing

Jusun Choi (최주선) — Skewb single 1.88: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Cameron Miller (梅克龍) — 4×4 single 27.51: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Jordan Granados — Skewb single 2.32: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Jordan Granados — 4×4 single 29.69: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Chris Dzoan — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Otis Tripp Wisehaupt — 3×3 single 8.57: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Joseph Chen — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Cameron America — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

118 competitors · 473 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 7.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.