Competitions · United States

The Battle of Lex-side-ton 2023

Lexington, Massachusetts · 2 January 2023 · 7 events · 82 competitors · 92 personal bests

Kevin Hays won two of the seven events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Stanley Chapel by 0.23 seconds. 82 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zuhair Raiyan Khan set the Clock single national record: 7.03.

Two wins

Kevin Hays — 6×6, 7×7

0.23s

closest final — Skewb, Stanley Chapel over Saisabari Ramesh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:24.49	1:31.42
7×7	Kevin Hays	2:02.42	2:08.30
3×3 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	15.82	18.60
Clock	Joshua Marriott	3.90	5.24
Megaminx	Alexei Sinyavin	29.35	31.90
Skewb	Stanley Chapel	1.85	3.36
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	4.80	5.91

The PB harvest

92 set · 19 still standing

Maxim Boyan Lin — Skewb single 3.36: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Rohan Volety — Skewb single 3.55: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Tommy Szeliga — Clock single 6.68: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Maxim Boyan Lin — Square-1 single 12.41: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Ishaan Deshmukh — Square-1 single 14.82: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Maxim Boyan Lin — 6×6 single 2:14.38: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Maxim Boyan Lin — 7×7 single 3:32.91: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Julian Rose — Square-1 single 17.18: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

82 competitors · 488 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

82 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.