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Empire State Fall Favorites 2023

Albany, New York · 14 October 2023 · 12 events · 106 competitors · 105 personal bests

Evan Liu won four of the twelve events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Clem Tucker by 0.00 seconds. 106 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Brando Fusco took a 2×2 single of 8.79 down to 3.02, 66 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Evan Liu — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Clock
0.00s
closest final — Skewb, Clem Tucker over Saisabari Ramesh
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Timothy Yang6.837.53
2×2Quinn Maloney0.991.86
4×4Timothy Yang34.9536.31
5×5Evan Liu56.1357.02
6×6Evan Liu1:44.461:49.54
7×7Evan Liu2:39.032:42.76
3×3 one-handedNoah Kim10.2713.10
ClockEvan Liu4.666.08
MegaminxRoy Lee43.2050.20
PyraminxDylan Chan2.362.78
SkewbClem Tucker1.503.95
Square-1Brandon Lin (林博浩)8.6510.49

The PB harvest

105 set · 33 still standing
  • Ben Colwell — Skewb single 2.03: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Brandon Lin (林博浩) — 5×5 single 58.99: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Chen — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Brando Fusco — Skewb single 3.76: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Yusif Anaam — Skewb single 3.93: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Ahmed Nadeem — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Chen — 4×4 single 39.95: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Tom Smith — 5×5 single 1:11.16: into the top 12.4% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

106 competitors · 403 results · 12 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. Timothy Yang won it with a 7.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.