Competitions · United States

Claws Up Summer 2023

Rocklin, California · 17 June 2023 · 5 events · 84 competitors · 102 personal bests

Tyler Howlett won two of the five events (4×4, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Caleb Yao (姚英華) by 0.14 seconds. 84 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gabriel Amaya took a Skewb single of 18.73 down to 7.05, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Tyler Howlett — 4×4, Pyraminx

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Caleb Yao (姚英華) over Tyler Howlett

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Yao (姚英華)	7.00	8.08
4×4	Tyler Howlett	29.78	36.34
Clock	Chris Martin	7.45	8.40
Pyraminx	Tyler Howlett	1.71	2.49
Skewb	Jusun Choi (최주선)	3.26	4.40

The PB harvest

102 set · 40 still standing

Caleb Yao (姚英華) — Pyraminx single 2.08: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Elias Guzman — Pyraminx single 3.55: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ben Fidler — Pyraminx single 4.19: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Brayden Hanrion — Pyraminx single 4.33: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Yuto Konno — Pyraminx single 4.36: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Sammy Rogers — Pyraminx single 4.50: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Kaden Schorovsky — Pyraminx single 4.53: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
John Warren — Pyraminx single 4.85: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

84 competitors · 460 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. Caleb Yao (姚英華) won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.