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CubingUSA Western Championship 2023

Berkeley, California · 30 June 2023 · 16 events · 269 competitors · 547 personal bests

Max Park won six of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tommy Cherry by 0.05 seconds. 269 competitors produced 547 personal bests, 189 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 5×5 average world record: 36.46.

Six wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Tommy Cherry over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)
547
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park5.005.37
2×2Tommy Cherry1.131.48
4×4Max Park17.2620.17
5×5Max Park33.3836.46
6×6Max Park1:10.321:11.30
7×7Max Park1:38.471:44.64
3×3 blindfoldedElliott Kobelansky13.34—
3×3 one-handedMax Park8.769.60
ClockTommy Cherry3.254.07
MegaminxKyeongmin Choi (최경민)29.3232.76
PyraminxElijah Brown1.842.52
SkewbStanley Chapel1.672.52
Square-1Sameer Aggarwal4.935.88
4×4 blindfoldedGraham Siggins1:45.77—
5×5 blindfoldedTommy Cherry7:26.43—
3×3 Multi-BlindGraham Siggins47 of 55 cubes · 59:10—

The PB harvest

547 set · 189 still standing
  • Krish Banker — Pyraminx single 2.22: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Young He (何嘉炀) — Skewb single 2.16: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Young He (何嘉炀) — Pyraminx single 2.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Silas Emerian — Pyraminx single 2.57: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Nico Harper (李有為) — Skewb single 2.47: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Andersen Katsev — Pyraminx single 2.82: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Sianez — Pyraminx single 2.96: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Denniel Santos — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

269 competitors · 2871 results · 16 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 5.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

269 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.