Competitions · United States

Connecticut Spring 2023

Storrs, Connecticut · 13 May 2023 · 6 events · 114 competitors · 112 personal bests

Curtis Chai won two of the six events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nipun Kisari by 0.11 seconds. 114 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elrod Yulchiev took a 2×2 single of 8.94 down to 4.55, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Curtis Chai — 2×2, Pyraminx

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Nipun Kisari over Gabriel Garber Burd

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nipun Kisari	7.07	7.68
2×2	Curtis Chai	1.57	1.94
5×5	Cameron Soulagnet	55.15	55.98
7×7	Cameron Soulagnet	2:22.14	2:24.90
3×3 one-handed	Justin Mallari	10.70	12.18
Pyraminx	Curtis Chai	1.90	2.86

The PB harvest

112 set · 39 still standing

Owen Lyons — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
David Lei — 3×3 single 8.30: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Aaron Fulling — Pyraminx single 3.22: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Graydon Cahill Clariond — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Brandon Delacruz — 7×7 single 2:44.98: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Aaron Zheng — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
David Lei — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
David Lei — 3×3 one-handed single 14.88: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

114 competitors · 572 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. Nipun Kisari won it with a 7.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.