Competitions · United States

Mason Cube Challenge 2023

Mason, Ohio · 12 August 2023 · 6 events · 73 competitors · 105 personal bests

Nolan Wood won two of the six events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nolan Wood by 0.03 seconds. 73 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Austin Brown took a 2×2 single of 11.49 down to 3.23, 72 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nolan Wood — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Nolan Wood over Sujan Feist

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Griesser	4.97	5.76
2×2	Nolan Wood	1.96	2.07
4×4	Braden Richards	30.96	35.46
3×3 one-handed	Nolan Wood	10.91	12.47
Pyraminx	Steven Wintringham	1.66	2.32
Square-1	Jacob Dyland Bennett	7.20	9.17

The PB harvest

105 set · 26 still standing

Justin Xu — 3×3 single 6.17: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Liam Kim — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Rudra Patel — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Graham Hartman — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Noah Vittitoe — Pyraminx single 4.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Collin Roberts — 2×2 single 2.45: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Joel Aber — 3×3 one-handed single 15.82: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
John Eith — 3×3 single 11.11: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

73 competitors · 481 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. Luke Griesser won it with a 5.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.