Competitions · United States

Mum's the Word 2023

Bristol, Connecticut · 8 January 2023 · 6 events · 110 competitors · 61 personal bests

Rowe Hessler won two of the six events (4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Chris Chi by 0.39 seconds. 110 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Matthew Quevedo took a 3×3 single of 46.25 down to 14.99, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Rowe Hessler — 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.39s

closest final — 2×2, Chris Chi over Elijah Rain Phelps

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Noah Kim	6.07	7.00
2×2	Chris Chi	1.75	2.22
3×3 blindfolded	Parth Garg	24.30	—
Megaminx	Alexei Sinyavin	28.30	31.21
4×4 blindfolded	Rowe Hessler	3:58.45	—
5×5 blindfolded	Rowe Hessler	8:34.68	—

The PB harvest

61 set · 22 still standing

James Quinn — 3×3 single 6.03: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Noah Kim — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
James Coe — 3×3 single 10.90: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Kim Taewoong (김태웅) — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Trevor Wyso — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Kyle Watters — 2×2 single 3.74: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
Trevor Wyso — 3×3 single 15.27: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
Joseph Pascale — 2×2 single 3.92: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

110 competitors · 359 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. Noah Kim won it with a 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.