Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter B 2023

Berkeley, California · 22 January 2023 · 4 events · 128 competitors · 110 personal bests

Max Park won three of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.72 seconds. 128 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anto Kam (甘浩東) set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 9.28.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

1.72s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Heidi Chan

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.57	5.69
4×4	Max Park	22.77	23.47
3×3 blindfolded	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	27.67	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.60	10.49

The PB harvest

110 set · 20 still standing

Logan Pang — 3×3 single 6.99: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Zachary Au-Swartzkopf — 3×3 single 8.67: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Aditya Jha — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Zachary Au-Swartzkopf — 3×3 one-handed single 14.19: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Evan Chin — 4×4 single 35.97: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
David Broom — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Ivan Efimov — 3×3 single 11.37: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Hudson Kang — 3×3 single 11.70: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

128 competitors · 528 results · 4 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. Max Park won it with a 5.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

128 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.