Competitions · United States

Claws Up Winter 2023

Rocklin, California · 3 December 2023 · 7 events · 89 competitors · 83 personal bests

Nico Harper (李有為) won three of the seven events (3×3, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nico Harper (李有為) by 0.53 seconds. 89 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sean Dunn took a Skewb single of 15.92 down to 4.84, 70 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Nico Harper (李有為) — 3×3, 5×5, Megaminx

0.53s

closest final — 3×3, Nico Harper (李有為) over Luke O. Brannon

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nico Harper (李有為)	7.24	8.62
5×5	Nico Harper (李有為)	55.45	1:05.12
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.00	9.48
Clock	Evan Millsap	4.12	5.41
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	32.71	38.06
Skewb	Jusun Choi (최주선)	2.60	3.83
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.66	6.90

The PB harvest

83 set · 25 still standing

Calvin Nielson — Skewb single 2.54: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Kaden Schorovsky — 3×3 single 9.56: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Q Sperske — 3×3 single 10.53: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Sebastian Ekman — Skewb single 3.95: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Joseph Eng — 3×3 single 11.09: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Wei-Jiunn Jang (鄭惟駿) — 3×3 single 12.69: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Sean Dunn — Skewb single 4.84: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
Jordan Varney — Skewb single 5.27: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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 · 422 results · 7 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. Nico Harper (李有為) won it with a 8.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.