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Competitions · Sri Lanka

Colombo Matrix Open 2023

Colombo · 7 April 2023 · 15 events · 116 competitors · 103 personal bests

Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma won five of the 15 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Sirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda by 0.53 seconds. 116 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 76 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Benul Uthsala Subasinghe set the 2×2 single national record: 1.78.

Five wins
Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.53s
closest final — Skewb, Sirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda over Dapana Durage Risith Hansindu
103
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)5.196.45
2×2Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)1.211.58
4×4Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma30.4334.96
5×5Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma56.331:00.37
6×6Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma1:57.342:07.29
7×7Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma3:13.233:39.70
3×3 blindfoldedYifan Wang (王逸帆)18.03—
3×3 Fewest MovesYifan Wang (王逸帆)22 moves—
3×3 one-handedSamath Keppitiyagama14.8217.61
ClockDuneth Nisala Praveen Ranaweera7.928.67
MegaminxSujan Irosha Kumarapperuma1:02.221:10.01
PyraminxShuda Huang (黄黍达)1.982.89
SkewbSirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda5.085.50
Square-1Banura Perera20.2624.57
3×3 Multi-BlindNabhan Niyaz8 of 8 cubes · 50:15—

The PB harvest

103 set · 32 still standing
  • Abdur Rahman Azmi — Skewb single 4.15: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Abdur Rahman Azmi — 3×3 single 12.20: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Banura Perera — 5×5 single 1:20.36: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
  • Abdur Rahman Azmi — Pyraminx single 6.38: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
  • Navindu Sandira Nissanka — 3×3 single 14.97: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Sasindu Himansa — 3×3 single 15.03: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
  • Naveed Irshad — 3×3 single 15.44: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
  • Abdur Rahman Azmi — 2×2 single 4.14: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

76 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

16 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 555 results · 15 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. Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) won it with a 6.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.