Competitions · Canada

Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023

Nanaimo, British Columbia · 25 March 2023 · 10 events · 100 competitors · 126 personal bests

Ethan Rusnak won two of the ten events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lucas Libed by 0.08 seconds. 100 competitors produced 126 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rahi Mirmonsef set the Megaminx single national record: 53.49.

Two wins

Ethan Rusnak — 3×3, Megaminx

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Lucas Libed over Rahi Mirmonsef

126

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Rusnak	6.58	7.54
2×2	Lucas Libed	2.87	3.01
4×4	Kenny Zhong	38.36	40.04
3×3 blindfolded	Kevin Matthews	41.70	—
3×3 one-handed	Kenny Zhong	12.23	13.04
Clock	Wesley Haas	7.48	10.18
Megaminx	Ethan Rusnak	44.74	52.70
Pyraminx	Diego Moy	2.39	4.21
Skewb	Charles Zhu (朱彦臣)	2.51	3.29
Square-1	Wesley Haas	8.45	10.40

The PB harvest

126 set · 35 still standing

Kenny Zhong — 3×3 single 6.32: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Rahi Mirmonsef — Pyraminx single 1.80: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
Diego Moy — Pyraminx single 2.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Steven Meyer — 3×3 single 7.70: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Coleson Chase — 3×3 single 8.15: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Aedan Loughran — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Gabe McBee — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Petar Cicmir — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

100 competitors · 564 results · 10 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. Ethan Rusnak won it with a 7.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.