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Idaho Freeze Dried 2023

Pocatello, Idaho · 14 January 2023 · 6 events · 69 competitors · 62 personal bests

Cade Beck won two of the six events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Graham Kaplan by 0.09 seconds. 69 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dallen Gertsch took a Skewb single of 18.72 down to 5.80, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Cade Beck — 6×6, 7×7
0.09s
closest final — 2×2, Graham Kaplan over Nathan Barbre
62
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Isaac Buck9.6410.28
2×2Graham Kaplan3.494.05
6×6Cade Beck2:10.342:12.66
7×7Cade Beck3:11.053:12.81
PyraminxRustin Haderlie4.075.04
SkewbAce Schembri3.324.24

The PB harvest

62 set · 30 still standing
  • Bradley Sampson — Skewb single 3.04: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Colt Gertsch — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Aiden Barniv — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Phillips — Pyraminx single 4.58: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • William T. Romriell — Skewb single 4.38: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Morgan French — Skewb single 4.43: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Calvin Avondet — Skewb single 4.88: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Calvin Avondet — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% 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

69 competitors · 340 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. Isaac Buck won it with a 10.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.