Competitions · United States

Elm City Kubikon 2023

Winchester, New Hampshire · 24 September 2023 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 86 personal bests

Sam Cooperman won the 3×3 with a 8.06 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Quinn Maloney by 0.10 seconds. 70 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bryan Townsend III took a 2×2 single of 9.00 down to 3.11, 65 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Quinn Maloney over Ethan Zhuang

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sam Cooperman	6.32	8.06
2×2	Quinn Maloney	1.21	1.74
4×4	Derek White	29.96	32.27
Clock	Gabrielle Morasse	5.05	5.98
Megaminx	Thiago Han	48.23	51.53
Pyraminx	Elijah Rain Phelps	2.32	2.96

The PB harvest

86 set · 15 still standing

Elijah Rain Phelps — 2×2 single 0.89: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Thiago Han — 3×3 single 7.56: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Bryan Townsend III — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Jonathan David Means — Pyraminx single 6.27: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Nathan Davis — 4×4 single 50.71: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Kylo Estrada — Pyraminx single 6.79: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Ethien D. Baud — Pyraminx single 6.89: into the top 27.0% of the event's history.
Derek Perry — Pyraminx single 7.69: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

70 competitors · 399 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. Sam Cooperman won it with a 8.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.