Competitions · United States

Be Quick in Brunswick 2023

Brunswick, Maine · 12 August 2023 · 8 events · 67 competitors · 81 personal bests

Aidan McKenzie won two of the eight events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Kyle Meade by 0.04 seconds. 67 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aayush Ozarkar took a 2×2 single of 6.44 down to 2.59, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Aidan McKenzie — 3×3, 5×5

0.04s

closest final — Skewb, Kyle Meade over Chris Yeager

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aidan McKenzie	6.62	7.16
2×2	Ethan Zhuang	1.82	2.08
4×4	Aedan Bryant	28.18	32.64
5×5	Aidan McKenzie	53.85	59.16
3×3 one-handed	Charles Amarello	12.70	14.45
Pyraminx	Kyle Meade	1.59	1.99
Skewb	Kyle Meade	3.97	4.47
Square-1	Aedan Bryant	7.48	8.98

The PB harvest

81 set · 34 still standing

Aidan McKenzie — 3×3 one-handed single 11.24: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Aedan Bryant — 5×5 single 54.18: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Tommy Szeliga — 3×3 one-handed single 13.28: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Graeme Stone — Pyraminx single 3.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Ephraim Manasseh Atwater — 2×2 single 2.29: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Alex Cohen — 3×3 one-handed single 15.17: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Cameron Morin — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Aayush Ozarkar — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

67 competitors · 405 results · 8 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. Aidan McKenzie won it with a 7.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.