Competitions · United States

Concord Summer 2023

Concord, North Carolina · 25 June 2023 · 5 events · 140 competitors · 125 personal bests

Vishwa Sankar won two of the five events (6×6, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.14 seconds. 140 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Stephen Moseley took a Clock single of 39.73 down to 12.98, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Vishwa Sankar — 6×6, Clock

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Nicolás Sánchez over Michael Nielsen

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicolás Sánchez	6.87	7.61
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:23.29	1:34.73
Clock	Vishwa Sankar	4.14	4.38
Pyraminx	Michael Nielsen	1.56	2.18
Skewb	Michael Nielsen	1.77	3.33

The PB harvest

125 set · 40 still standing

Andreas Lambropoulos — Skewb single 2.53: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Amogh Prashanth — Skewb single 2.95: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Chase Pak — Skewb single 3.31: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Orion Leavitt-Lytle — Skewb single 3.35: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Milo Sacks — 3×3 single 9.96: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Andrew Pleasant — Skewb single 3.46: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Aiden Benjamin Owens — Skewb single 3.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Michael Nielsen — Clock single 6.91: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

140 competitors · 617 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 7.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.