Competitions · United States

Berkeley Spring 2023

Berkeley, California · 12 March 2023 · 6 events · 223 competitors · 209 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won three of the six events (3×3, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Wilson Xie by 0.37 seconds. 223 competitors produced 209 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) set the Pyraminx average continental record: 1.83.

Three wins

Varun Mohanraj — 3×3, 6×6, 7×7

0.37s

closest final — Skewb, Wilson Xie over Zeke Miller

209

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	6.39	6.62
4×4	Danny Sungin Park (박성인)	26.46	29.46
6×6	Varun Mohanraj	1:37.56	1:42.70
7×7	Varun Mohanraj	2:34.39	2:43.50
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.49	1.83
Skewb	Wilson Xie	3.29	3.91

The PB harvest

209 set · 56 still standing

Michael Larsen — Pyraminx single 2.39: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Josiah Aflleje — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Dev Shah — 3×3 single 8.94: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Jason Ostdiek — Skewb single 3.17: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Anto Kam (甘浩東) — Skewb single 3.17: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Shubhan Sridhar — 3×3 single 9.80: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Rafa deGoma — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Max Li — Pyraminx single 4.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

223 competitors · 903 results · 6 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 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

223 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.