Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter A 2023

Berkeley, California · 21 January 2023 · 5 events · 133 competitors · 129 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won the 3×3 with a 7.23 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Seongjun Kang by 0.23 seconds. 133 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Elijah Brown set the Pyraminx single world record: 0.75.

events decided

0.23s

closest final — Skewb, Seongjun Kang over Elijah Brown

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	5.20	7.23
5×5	Paul Mahvi	51.77	53.03
Clock	Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน)	5.63	6.56
Pyraminx	Elijah Brown	1.93	2.05
Skewb	Seongjun Kang	3.93	4.64

The PB harvest

129 set · 44 still standing

Elijah Brown — Pyraminx single 0.75: into the top 0.0015% of the event's history.
Varun Mohanraj — Pyraminx single 1.74: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
Nico Harper (李有為) — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Evan Feldman — 3×3 single 8.02: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Moran Grinstein — Pyraminx single 3.23: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Brian Lai — 3×3 single 9.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Jack Lessard — Pyraminx single 4.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Claire Minha Kim — Pyraminx single 4.39: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 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

133 competitors · 607 results · 5 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 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.