Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023

Berkeley, California · 14 October 2023 · 10 events · 242 competitors · 259 personal bests

Tommy Cherry won six of the ten events (2×2, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tommy Cherry by 0.02 seconds. 242 competitors produced 259 personal bests, 93 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nico Harper (李有為) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 7:25.08 down to 2:48.95, 62 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Tommy Cherry — 2×2, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Skewb, 5×5 blindfolded

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Tommy Cherry over Varun Mohanraj

259

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Jan	6.40	6.77
2×2	Tommy Cherry	0.99	2.15
6×6	Tommy Cherry	1:34.28	1:37.35
7×7	Varun Mohanraj	2:30.34	2:36.08
3×3 blindfolded	Tommy Cherry	15.90	—
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	36.89	41.79
Pyraminx	Tommy Cherry	3.25	3.38
Skewb	Tommy Cherry	2.51	3.46
4×4 blindfolded	Jason Ostdiek	5:27.74	—
5×5 blindfolded	Tommy Cherry	7:00.17	7:14.72

The PB harvest

259 set · 93 still standing

Liam Trinh — 3×3 single 7.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Kaoushik Murugan — 3×3 single 7.54: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Wilson Xie — Skewb single 2.63: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
JD Bowman — Skewb single 2.74: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Silas Emerian — Skewb single 3.02: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Devin James Munar — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Josiah Aflleje — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Miko Lin — Skewb single 3.41: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 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

242 competitors · 1192 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

242 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.