Competitions · United States

Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023

Honolulu, Hawaii · 23 September 2023 · 6 events · 75 competitors · 60 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Taj Bressert by 0.31 seconds. 75 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Payton Corey took a Skewb single of 24.17 down to 8.45, 65 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.31s

closest final — Skewb, Taj Bressert over Braden Richards

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	5.11	5.60
4×4	Matty Hiroto Inaba	23.32	26.29
5×5	Matty Hiroto Inaba	45.10	47.87
3×3 one-handed	Matty Hiroto Inaba	10.29	12.63
Pyraminx	Braden Richards	2.12	3.36
Skewb	Taj Bressert	3.43	4.52

The PB harvest

60 set · 16 still standing

Taitum Tanouye — 3×3 single 7.60: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Roy Lee — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Micah Platt — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Skylor Chan — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Taitum Tanouye — Skewb single 3.74: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.87: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Michael Anthony T. Amodo — 3×3 single 11.15: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
William Imamura — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

75 competitors · 318 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.