Competitions · United States

Cubes on the Bayside 2023

Bayside, New York · 18 November 2023 · 5 events · 92 competitors · 61 personal bests

Alexei Sinyavin won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Alexei Sinyavin by 0.41 seconds. 92 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Kruszewski took a 3×3 single of 33.49 down to 18.16, 46 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Alexei Sinyavin — 3×3, 5×5, Megaminx

0.41s

closest final — 5×5, Alexei Sinyavin over Evan Liu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexei Sinyavin	7.14	7.90
5×5	Alexei Sinyavin	53.20	57.49
6×6	Livia Kleiner	1:25.75	1:39.48
7×7	Livia Kleiner	2:15.80	2:25.49
Megaminx	Alexei Sinyavin	29.69	30.21

The PB harvest

61 set · 20 still standing

Eli Villanueva — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Patrick Chen — 3×3 single 10.03: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Ricky Martin — 3×3 single 10.17: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Boris McCoy — 5×5 single 1:04.37: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Samuel Fang — Megaminx single 1:02.48: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Samuel Fang — 6×6 single 2:12.75: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Vihan Kumar — 5×5 single 1:22.24: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Samuel Fang — 7×7 single 3:49.08: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

92 competitors · 367 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. Alexei Sinyavin won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.