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Give Back RPV 2023

Rancho Palos Verdes, California · 29 April 2023 · 5 events · 90 competitors · 102 personal bests

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) won two of the five events (2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Benjamin Wei by 0.00 seconds. 90 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) set the 2×2 single national record: 0.53.

Two wins

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — 2×2, Megaminx

0.00s

closest final — 3×3, Benjamin Wei over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Benjamin Wei	6.79	7.96
2×2	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	1.19	1.67
4×4	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	25.88	29.12
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	31.26	33.37
Skewb	Jack Flynn Stewart	1.91	3.94

The PB harvest

102 set · 37 still standing

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — 2×2 single 0.53: into the top 0.015% of the event's history.
Ryan Morrison — 2×2 single 1.02: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Drake Denton Richard — 2×2 single 1.05: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Christopher Lai — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Elijah Brown — Skewb single 2.08: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Woytowitz — Skewb single 3.95: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Kaden Wong — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Quinlan Schubert — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 483 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. Benjamin Wei won it with a 7.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.