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Halifax Favourites 2023

Halifax, Nova Scotia · 20 May 2023 · 12 events · 55 competitors · 19 personal bests

Liam Orovec won two of the twelve events (4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Evan Meunier by 0.59 seconds. 55 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jake Nikolas Mackey took a 2×2 single of 16.56 down to 6.65, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Liam Orovec — 4×4, 6×6
0.59s
closest final — 2×2, Evan Meunier over Maxen Morrison
19
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Seungmin Lee8.468.67
2×2Evan Meunier1.942.70
4×4Liam Orovec39.4541.41
5×5Nicholas McKee1:18.621:20.25
6×6Liam Orovec2:25.452:27.90
7×7Nicholas McKee3:52.714:25.41
3×3 one-handedCharles Amarello15.3317.03
ClockGabrielle Morasse6.317.43
MegaminxGabrielle Morasse1:02.621:12.47
PyraminxDayun Son3.603.94
SkewbDayun Son4.365.15
Square-1Sagar Sawnani28.4831.28

The PB harvest

19 set · 7 still standing
  • Dayun Son — Pyraminx single 2.79: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Seungmin Lee — 3×3 one-handed single 14.81: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Matvii Semenov — 3×3 single 20.22: into the top 40.6% of the event's history.
  • Jake Nikolas Mackey — Pyraminx single 10.52: into the top 57.0% of the event's history.
  • Jake Nikolas Mackey — 2×2 single 6.65: into the top 57.4% of the event's history.
  • Omar Hoho — Pyraminx single 10.97: into the top 60.3% of the event's history.
  • Jake Nikolas Mackey — 3×3 single 33.55: into the top 68.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

55 competitors · 204 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. Seungmin Lee won it with a 8.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.