Competitions · United States

Cubing in Cambridge 2023

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 1 April 2023 · 6 events · 105 competitors · 96 personal bests

Christopher Yen won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nikhil Soares by 0.02 seconds. 105 competitors produced 96 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leo Pellissier took a Square-1 single of 1:01.66 down to 26.44, 57 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Christopher Yen — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Nikhil Soares over Thiago Han

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Yen	6.37	7.69
2×2	Nikhil Soares	2.31	3.07
4×4	Christopher Yen	26.03	29.84
3×3 blindfolded	Parth Garg	22.29	—
Clock	Nico Bezzerides	6.15	6.94
Square-1	Timothy Castle	7.11	9.39

The PB harvest

96 set · 30 still standing

Parth Garg — 3×3 blindfolded single 22.29: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Taiyo Nakai (仲井太洋) — 3×3 single 8.97: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Huy Tieu — 3×3 single 9.09: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Timothy Castle — Clock single 5.34: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Chris Sutedja — 3×3 single 9.75: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Will Russo — 3×3 blindfolded single 44.67: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Tran — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Justin Steinman — 3×3 single 10.40: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

105 competitors · 461 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. Christopher Yen won it with a 7.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.