Competitions · United States

Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023

San Diego, California · 6 May 2023 · 4 events · 104 competitors · 82 personal bests

Max Park won four of the four events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.75 seconds. 104 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ian Lee Kim took a 3×3 single of 27.06 down to 16.56, 39 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

1.75s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Elijah Brown

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.87	5.84
5×5	Max Park	34.20	38.55
6×6	Max Park	1:08.51	1:10.10
7×7	Max Park	1:48.72	1:49.63

The PB harvest

82 set · 22 still standing

Olivia Nicole Doan — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Andrew Sorem — 3×3 single 10.48: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Jace An — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Dylan Sorem — 3×3 single 12.01: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Kristopher McAlister — 3×3 single 12.82: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Alexander Watson — 6×6 single 2:34.87: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
Scott Stofer — 3×3 single 17.22: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
Anders Bogan — 7×7 single 4:06.29: into the top 33.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

104 competitors · 330 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

104 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.