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Going Fast in Franklin 2023

Franklin, Tennessee · 2 September 2023 · 6 events · 93 competitors · 139 personal bests

Nicolás Sánchez won the 3×3 with a 6.69 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Drew Windham by 0.13 seconds. 93 competitors produced 139 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elliott Ashe took a Clock single of 35.86 down to 10.18, 72 percent better in one day.

6
events decided
0.13s
closest final — Clock, Drew Windham over Roman Wofford
139
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nicolás Sánchez6.436.69
2×2Matias Marcantoni-Nunez1.621.91
4×4Katie Hull26.8428.20
ClockDrew Windham5.156.58
MegaminxJared Stinson38.6339.00
Square-1Micah Morrison5.568.12

The PB harvest

139 set · 31 still standing
  • Micah Morrison — Square-1 single 5.56: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.
  • Weston Todd — Square-1 single 7.12: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • William Andrew Koch — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Weston Todd — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Weston Todd — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • William Smith — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Weston Todd — 4×4 single 38.39: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Johannes M. Baier — Clock single 6.84: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

93 competitors · 550 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 6.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.