Competitions · Sri Lanka

Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023

Colombo · 23 December 2023 · 17 events · 191 competitors · 193 personal bests

Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma won eight of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma by 0.14 seconds. 191 competitors produced 193 personal bests, 88 of which still stand today, and 134 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sithupa Sanudaya set the 2×2 single national record: 1.46.

Eight wins

Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.14s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma over Samath Keppitiyagama

193

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	8.97	9.60
2×2	Benul Uthsala Subasinghe	1.97	2.92
4×4	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	30.92	32.95
5×5	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	1:02.55	1:04.23
6×6	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	2:01.88	2:09.12
7×7	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	3:31.44	4:05.82
3×3 blindfolded	Hirosh Nividu	1:44.24	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Banura Perera	38 moves	40.33
3×3 one-handed	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	19.95	20.97
Clock	Banura Perera	7.63	8.31
Megaminx	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	56.82	1:04.08
Pyraminx	Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma	2.36	4.39
Skewb	Sirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda	3.70	5.12
Square-1	Samath Keppitiyagama	14.01	23.17
4×4 blindfolded	Banura Perera	34:26.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Hirosh Nividu	58:52.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Banura Perera	4 of 6 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

193 set · 88 still standing

Sirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda — Pyraminx single 2.40: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Sithupa Sanudaya — 3×3 single 8.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Manija Kalansooriya — 3×3 single 8.64: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Dapana Durage Risith Hansindu — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Dapana Durage Risith Hansindu — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Luqmaan Ijas — Pyraminx single 4.60: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Aydin Mubeen — 3×3 single 11.53: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Soniru Dinulaka — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

134 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

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

191 competitors · 932 results · 17 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. Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma won it with a 9.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

191 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.