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Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023

Denver, Colorado · 29 April 2023 · 6 events · 67 competitors · 97 personal bests

Jacob Nokes won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jacob Nokes by 0.10 seconds. 67 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Rowan Keller took a 5×5 single of 3:30.99 down to 1:29.58, 58 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Jacob Nokes — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Jacob Nokes over Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel
97
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jacob Nokes5.616.96
4×4Paul Mahvi24.5926.16
5×5Jacob Nokes47.7050.15
6×6Jacob Nokes1:35.871:39.00
7×7Jacob Nokes2:26.292:28.21
3×3 one-handedBrayden Wroten13.2014.12

The PB harvest

97 set · 23 still standing
  • Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel — 3×3 single 4.75: into the top 0.075% of the event's history.
  • Stone Amsbaugh — 3×3 one-handed single 11.14: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Phillip Hoff — 3×3 single 9.69: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Cylas Ogea — 3×3 one-handed single 14.52: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Gram Konecky — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Rowan Keller — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Phillip Hoff — 7×7 single 3:16.37: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
  • Rowan Keller — 4×4 single 42.96: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

67 competitors · 358 results · 6 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. Jacob Nokes won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.