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Empire State Winter Warmup 2023

Albany, New York · 4 February 2023 · 5 events · 96 competitors · 89 personal bests

Noah Kim won the 3×3 with a 8.22 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Noah Kim by 0.04 seconds. 96 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Gargiulo took a 2×2 single of 14.73 down to 6.50, 56 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.04s
closest final — 3×3, Noah Kim over Noah Melita
89
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Noah Kim7.968.22
2×2Maxence Leboeuf1.422.60
4×4Alexei Sinyavin28.6830.57
MegaminxNicolas Naing27.4031.36
3×3 Multi-BlindJoseph Tahan5 of 7 cubes · 48:57—

The PB harvest

89 set · 30 still standing
  • Noah Melita — Megaminx single 38.58: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Jongmyeong Sung — 3×3 single 7.74: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Mukundh Sivaramakrishnan — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Jongmyeong Sung — 4×4 single 30.88: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Mukundh Sivaramakrishnan — 3×3 single 8.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Chu — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Yijun Han — 4×4 single 37.43: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Theo Mayer — Megaminx single 59.70: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 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

96 competitors · 369 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. Noah Kim won it with a 8.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.