Competitions · United States

Circle City Turbocharged 2023

Corona, California · 11 March 2023 · 4 events · 141 competitors · 109 personal bests

Max Park won three of the four events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Derek Hsieh by 0.32 seconds. 141 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 5×5 average world record: 37.00.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.32s

closest final — 2×2, Derek Hsieh over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.61	5.74
2×2	Derek Hsieh	1.77	2.08
5×5	Max Park	35.90	37.00
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	7.19	9.49

The PB harvest

109 set · 20 still standing

Will Hamilton — 3×3 single 5.55: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
Will Hamilton — 3×3 one-handed single 9.80: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Elijah Franklin — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Joel An — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Aaron Paskow — 5×5 single 1:08.96: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Ryan Wen — 3×3 one-handed single 16.53: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Jason Zhang — 3×3 one-handed single 19.11: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Sebastian Schumann — 2×2 single 3.60: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

141 competitors · 591 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 5.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.