Competitions · United States

Berkeley Summer 2023

Berkeley, California · 26 August 2023 · 6 events · 249 competitors · 226 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Varun Mohanraj by 0.06 seconds. 249 competitors produced 226 personal bests, 90 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anto Kam (甘浩東) set the 3×3 blindfolded average national record: 19.49.

Two wins

Varun Mohanraj — 3×3, 5×5

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Varun Mohanraj over Heidi Chan

226

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	5.54	6.77
2×2	Cameron Miller (梅克龍)	1.68	2.03
5×5	Varun Mohanraj	47.09	53.73
3×3 blindfolded	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	17.25	19.49
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	10.13	12.39
Pyraminx	Aniket Das	2.13	2.47

The PB harvest

226 set · 90 still standing

Nolan Yiu — 2×2 single 0.88: into the top 0.35% of the event's history.
Aaron Paskow — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Edward Zeng — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
David Broom — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Otis Tripp Wisehaupt — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Pravith Velmurugan — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jonas Bell — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Owen Vaughan — Pyraminx single 2.73: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

249 competitors · 1085 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 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

249 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.