Competitions · United States

Berkeley Fall 2023

Berkeley, California · 18 November 2023 · 7 events · 189 competitors · 173 personal bests

Paul Mahvi won two of the seven events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Heidi Chan by 0.37 seconds. 189 competitors produced 173 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nitin Kunaparaju took a Skewb single of 14.41 down to 4.87, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Paul Mahvi — 6×6, 7×7

0.37s

closest final — 3×3, Heidi Chan over Zerui Cheng (程泽睿)

173

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Heidi Chan	6.40	7.27
2×2	Varun Mohanraj	1.70	2.00
6×6	Paul Mahvi	1:30.99	1:38.81
7×7	Paul Mahvi	2:22.08	2:32.08
3×3 one-handed	Ethan Jan	8.70	9.53
Skewb	Jusun Choi (최주선)	2.80	3.82
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.88	6.83

The PB harvest

173 set · 57 still standing

James Chea — Square-1 single 5.64: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Luke O. Brannon — 3×3 single 6.74: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Liam Trinh — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Arjun Kumar — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Varenya Jyotiraditya — Square-1 single 10.18: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Aashrith Nivarti — 3×3 single 10.54: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Elias Kim — 3×3 single 10.63: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
William D. Li — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

189 competitors · 874 results · 7 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. Heidi Chan won it with a 7.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

189 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.