Competitions · United Kingdom
Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023
Camden, Greater London · 24 August 2023 · 4 events · 59 competitors · 35 personal bests
Chris Mills won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anael Champion by 0.52 seconds. 59 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Oliver Crook took a 3×3 one-handed single of 48.75 down to 17.71, 64 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Chris Mills | 6.42 | 6.96 |
| 2×2 | Anael Champion | 1.26 | 1.91 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Louis de Mendonça | 1:22.29 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Chris Mills | 9.12 | 10.58 |
The PB harvest
35 set · 11 still standing- Kai Hatano — 2×2 single 1.24: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
- Harry Owen — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Sathvik Athreya — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Sathvik Athreya — 3×3 single 7.97: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
- Harry Owen — 3×3 one-handed single 15.35: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
- Greg Zoppos — 3×3 single 14.28: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
- Damien Sobolevski — 2×2 single 6.48: into the top 55.8% of the event's history.
- Sebastian O'Mahony-Hagan — 3×3 single 27.50: into the top 57.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven 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
59 competitors · 168 results · 4 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. Chris Mills won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B2 R2 D L2 F2 U2 B2 U F' L2 R2 D' F R' D' F' L2 B2 L2 - 2
R D' F' U2 B' D2 L2 B L2 F D U R F2 D2 U' B' R2 - 3
L F' D L' B' U2 F2 U F' B2 L2 U R2 U2 L2 U F2 D' F2 - 4
B L2 D L2 B2 D' F2 L2 R D' R2 U F' L2 D' U2 R F' - 5
R2 L F U' R D2 L B R' F2 D R2 L2 U R2 U2 D L2 U2 R2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
59 competitors- AJ Green
- AJ Nicholls
- Alexandru Coca
- Anael Champion
- Arjun Mathur
- Billie Hammill
- Chris Mills
- Christy O'Shea
- Damien Sobolevski
- Daniel Cendrzak
- Daniel Evans
- Danielle Johns
- Dominic Seaton
- Dorian Chan
- Eli Jay
- Elliot Allen
- Elliot Celani
- Felix Rowan
- Greg Zoppos
- Harry Allen
- Harry Owen
- Ilyas Jaouadi
- Jacob Sztuden
- Jamal Saddeque
- Joanne Theodoulou
- Joseph Seaton
- June Ting Heah
- Kai Hatano
- Kai Vitola-Jones
- Kellen Cai
- Kevin Gray
- Klyment Diachun
- Kuaixin Cai
- Kyle Kayden Renatus
- Leah Pearl
- Leila England
- Louis de Mendonça
- Minjoon Lee
- Moss McSweeney
- Oliver Adamus
- Oliver Crook
- Oliver Fisk
- Oliver Hexter
- Oscar Coleman Green
- Patryk Cendrzak
- Pixie Thompson-Vidal
- Qianshu Zhou (周千舒)
- Raphael Niman
- Rufus Gray
- Safwan Uddin
- Sam Cooper-Rolfe
- Sam Spendla
- Sam Stemp
- Sanjay Jacob
- Sathvik Athreya
- Sean Moran
- Sebastian O'Mahony-Hagan
- Steve Clarke
- Thomas Plews
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.