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NCR Favourites 2023

Ottawa, Ontario · 17 September 2023 · 12 events · 158 competitors · 172 personal bests

Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez won four of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Roan Paone by 0.12 seconds. 158 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 64 of which still stand today, and 48 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Imanzi Habonimana set the 3×3 single national record: 12.84.

Four wins
Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.12s
closest final — 3×3, Roan Paone over Adam McCormick
172
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Roan Paone7.137.96
2×2Maxence Leboeuf1.521.71
4×4Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez32.8035.85
5×5Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez52.171:00.88
6×6Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez1:24.671:30.95
7×7Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez2:42.012:48.30
3×3 one-handedRoan Paone12.5713.40
ClockLucas Nieuwland4.526.21
MegaminxBreton MacDonald48.5851.32
PyraminxBenjamin Kyle2.102.88
SkewbPaarth Arora2.743.31
Square-1Paarth Arora8.8413.25

The PB harvest

172 set · 64 still standing
  • Adam McCormick — 3×3 single 6.56: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
  • Léo Francoeur — 3×3 single 6.77: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Prosper Huang — Pyraminx single 3.12: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Paarth Arora — Square-1 single 8.84: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Andre Wang — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • ZeJi Wei — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian Escalante Torres — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Léo Francoeur — Pyraminx single 5.20: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

48 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

158 competitors · 567 results · 12 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. Roan Paone won it with a 7.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

158 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.