Competitions · United States
Mountains Open Up 2023
Tehachapi, California · 15 April 2023 · 5 events · 43 competitors · 43 personal bests
Brendyn Dunagan won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, Square-1) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Ryan Fong by 0.02 seconds. 43 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Krish Banker took a Square-1 single of 1:22.43 down to 18.45, 78 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Brendyn Dunagan | 5.43 | 6.81 |
| 2×2 | Gavin Sillifant | 1.21 | 2.41 |
| 5×5 | Brendyn Dunagan | 46.45 | 50.61 |
| Clock | Ryan Fong | 4.57 | 6.08 |
| Square-1 | Brendyn Dunagan | 4.14 | 6.37 |
The PB harvest
43 set · 11 still standing- Ethan Yeh — Square-1 single 5.82: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
- Nathaniel Timothy Sunil — 5×5 single 51.08: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
- Wang Ma (马旺) — 3×3 single 7.81: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
- Ryan Fong — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
- Paul Mahvi — Clock single 5.55: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
- Andy Smith — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Andy Smith — 5×5 single 1:15.87: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
- Ethan Howes — 2×2 single 3.39: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
15 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
43 competitors · 261 results · 5 events.
Everyone who competed
43 competitors- Adriann Cortez
- Aiden Akpan
- Aiden Vo
- Aileen Vo
- Andy Smith
- Anna Parker
- Arian Rezaee
- August Barnard
- Brendyn Dunagan
- Chris Klein
- Daniel Cho
- David Goldberg
- David Rettig
- Dax Lakandula
- Elijah Brown
- Ethan Howes
- Ethan Yeh
- Gabriel Sanchez-Rivera
- Gavin Ly
- Gavin Sillifant
- Jaxon Roberts
- Jayden Bressler
- Justin Rhee
- Krish Banker
- Kylan Sotolongo
- Kyle Connolly
- Mattix Ezekiel Aguilera
- Michael Young
- Mike Smith
- Nathaniel Timothy Sunil
- Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)
- Paul Mahvi
- Rayhan Gavidia
- Reese Fernandez
- Ryan Fong
- Silas Anderson
- Spursh Deshpande (स्पर्श देशपांडे)
- Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫)
- Vinícius Shaw
- Wang Ma (马旺)
- Young He (何嘉炀)
- Zack Rubio
- Zayyan Anwar
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.