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Brookline Favorites 2023

Brookline, New Hampshire · 3 September 2023 · 13 events · 89 competitors · 96 personal bests

Evan Liu won four of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Elijah Rain Phelps by 0.02 seconds. 89 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elaine Wang took a Megaminx single of 2:14.16 down to 1:09.14, 48 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Evan Liu — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Clock
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Elijah Rain Phelps over Viktor Pearl
96
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Noah Kim6.588.07
2×2Ethan Zhuang1.262.38
4×4Derek White28.1931.70
5×5Evan Liu56.171:00.26
6×6Evan Liu1:37.571:45.73
7×7Evan Liu2:37.772:44.06
3×3 blindfoldedAbner Brijesh45.2048.64
3×3 one-handedNoah Kim10.9512.12
ClockEvan Liu5.446.43
MegaminxEben Quenneville50.5254.62
PyraminxElijah Rain Phelps2.142.72
SkewbSaisabari Ramesh2.964.19
Square-1Elijah Rain Phelps7.197.56

The PB harvest

96 set · 43 still standing
  • Viktor Pearl — Pyraminx single 1.49: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
  • Ren Lockwood — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Sam Li — 3×3 single 8.80: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Eben Quenneville — 3×3 one-handed single 13.06: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Alex Cheng — 5×5 single 59.50: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Zhewei Wu — 3×3 single 11.17: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Abner Brijesh — 4×4 single 40.29: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
  • Sam Li — 4×4 single 41.30: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

89 competitors · 362 results · 13 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. Noah Kim won it with a 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.