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Michigan Mini 5 2023

Plymouth, Michigan · 19 May 2023 · 2 events · 33 competitors · 16 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won two of the two events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Stanley Chapel by 1.21 seconds. 33 competitors produced 16 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Logan Youngman took a 3×3 one-handed single of 37.70 down to 20.65, 45 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Stanley Chapel — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
1.21s
closest final — 3×3, Stanley Chapel over Ben Saperstein
16
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Stanley Chapel7.057.25
3×3 one-handedStanley Chapel10.5812.77

The PB harvest

16 set · 5 still standing
  • Hunter Mackler — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Kohki Fukuda — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Doug Li — 3×3 one-handed single 35.57: into the top 58.3% of the event's history.
  • Amalia de Jong — 3×3 single 53.77: into the top 88.4% of the event's history.
  • Naomi Mackler — 3×3 single 1:29.60: into the top 97.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

33 competitors · 93 results · 2 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. Stanley Chapel won it with a 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.