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Canadian Championship 2023

New Westminster, British Columbia · 13 July 2023 · 16 events · 296 competitors · 613 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won four of the 16 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Carter Kucala by 0.00 seconds. 296 competitors produced 613 personal bests, 199 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Carter Kucala set the Skewb average world record: 1.53.

Four wins
Stanley Chapel — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.00s
closest final — Skewb, Carter Kucala over Stanley Chapel
613
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brennen Lin5.986.27
2×2Brennen Lin1.451.71
4×4Max Siauw21.8624.90
5×5Matty Hiroto Inaba41.6046.38
6×6Max Siauw1:24.641:29.28
7×7Omar Ellabban2:11.602:18.20
3×3 blindfoldedStanley Chapel14.8217.40
3×3 one-handedAnto Kam (甘浩東)8.579.90
ClockDilshawn Sidhu4.415.19
MegaminxLucas Kuczaj34.9736.87
PyraminxHarsha Paladugu1.521.90
SkewbCarter Kucala1.542.16
Square-1Sameer Aggarwal5.376.04
4×4 blindfoldedStanley Chapel1:03.10—
5×5 blindfoldedStanley Chapel2:30.84—
3×3 Multi-BlindStanley Chapel45 of 51 cubes · 57:38—

The PB harvest

613 set · 199 still standing
  • Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — 3×3 single 4.60: into the top 0.056% of the event's history.
  • Timothy Castle — 2×2 single 0.94: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
  • Arhaan Sareen — Skewb single 1.67: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
  • Brian Kan — Pyraminx single 2.01: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Brian Kan — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Larry Shi — Skewb single 2.44: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Aedan Loughran — Pyraminx single 2.69: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Avery Post — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% 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

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

296 competitors · 2970 results · 16 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 6.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

296 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.