Competitions · United States

Mystic Cubikon 2023

Groton, Connecticut · 20 August 2023 · 7 events · 104 competitors · 144 personal bests

Chris Chi won two of the seven events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Charles Amarello by 0.19 seconds. 104 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zuhair Raiyan Khan set the Clock single national record: 6.99.

Two wins

Chris Chi — 2×2, Skewb

0.19s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Charles Amarello over Will Russo

144

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carson Widjaja	6.95	7.50
2×2	Chris Chi	1.40	2.35
4×4	Jonah Crosby	24.89	27.96
3×3 one-handed	Charles Amarello	10.42	16.04
Clock	Evan Liu	5.84	6.45
Pyraminx	Jacob Schwartz	3.23	3.81
Skewb	Chris Chi	2.55	3.14

The PB harvest

144 set · 44 still standing

Patrick Farrell — 3×3 single 9.05: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Patrick Farrell — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Jack Laurinavicius — Pyraminx single 4.47: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Tal Andelman-Fishbane — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Oliver Hadass — 2×2 single 3.21: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Bradford Castillo — Skewb single 4.81: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Bradford Castillo — 3×3 single 13.27: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Bastien Hadass — Clock single 9.18: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

104 competitors · 553 results · 7 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. Carson Widjaja won it with a 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.