Competitions · United States

Cozy Cubing Poway 2023

Poway, California · 29 January 2023 · 5 events · 104 competitors · 125 personal bests

Max Park won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Andy French by 0.61 seconds. 104 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) set the Megaminx single national record: 27.20.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.61s

closest final — Skewb, Andy French over Elijah Brown

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.10	5.08
4×4	Max Park	18.02	22.62
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.17	10.65
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	32.96	35.69
Skewb	Andy French	3.30	4.20

The PB harvest

125 set · 30 still standing

Thomas Valles — 4×4 single 31.61: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Thomas Valles — 3×3 one-handed single 13.72: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Graham Siggins — 3×3 one-handed single 14.36: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Krish Banker — Skewb single 3.59: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Bob Lin — 3×3 single 10.49: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Dominic Vanderable — 3×3 single 10.61: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Aiden Vo — 3×3 single 10.82: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Isaac Nuon — Skewb single 4.07: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

104 competitors · 548 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. Max Park won it with a 5.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.