Competitions · United States

Middleboro Cubikon 2023

Middleboro, Massachusetts · 6 May 2023 · 6 events · 88 competitors · 75 personal bests

Aidan McKenzie won two of the six events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Aidan McKenzie by 0.09 seconds. 88 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Brayden Zhang took a 2×2 single of 3.60 down to 1.54, 57 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Aidan McKenzie — 3×3, Megaminx

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Aidan McKenzie over Curtis Chai

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aidan McKenzie	8.20	9.07
2×2	Ethan Zhuang	1.67	2.22
3×3 one-handed	Will Russo	14.36	15.76
Clock	Joshua Marriott	4.09	5.10
Megaminx	Aidan McKenzie	37.53	40.58
Square-1	Tommy Szeliga	8.68	10.69

The PB harvest

75 set · 23 still standing

Brayden Zhang — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Joshua Marriott — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Brayden Zhang — 3×3 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Andrew Lofgren — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Benson Bulloch — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Leo Pellissier — 2×2 single 3.21: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Alexander Crossman — 3×3 single 13.04: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Millan — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

88 competitors · 462 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. Aidan McKenzie won it with a 9.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.