Competitions · United States

High Plains Solving 2023

Strasburg, Colorado · 12 February 2023 · 6 events · 69 competitors · 89 personal bests

Brayden Wroten won three of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Miles Walcott by 0.13 seconds. 69 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dhakshin M. Ramalingam took a 2×2 single of 11.94 down to 3.04, 75 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Brayden Wroten — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.13s

closest final — 2×2, Miles Walcott over Daniel Mullen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel	6.26	7.66
2×2	Miles Walcott	1.63	2.94
3×3 blindfolded	Brayden Wroten	1:01.18	1:05.98
3×3 one-handed	Brayden Wroten	12.88	14.90
Clock	Daniel Mullen	5.25	5.39
Skewb	Brayden Wroten	2.04	2.84

The PB harvest

89 set · 20 still standing

Jack Bellomy — Skewb single 2.19: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Samuel McGee — 2×2 single 1.81: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Orrin Simpkins — Skewb single 2.73: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Renn Gilbert — 3×3 single 9.97: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Braden Young — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Tyler Sellin — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Dhakshin M. Ramalingam — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Camilo DeGeest — Skewb single 4.60: into the top 15.2% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

69 competitors · 442 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. Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel won it with a 7.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.