Competitions · United States

New Hampshire Spring 2023

Exeter, New Hampshire · 27 May 2023 · 11 events · 109 competitors · 180 personal bests

Daniel Karnaukh won three of the eleven events (3×3, 5×5, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Aidan McKenzie by 0.13 seconds. 109 competitors produced 180 personal bests, 72 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Merrick Holtan took a 2×2 single of 26.32 down to 7.44, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Daniel Karnaukh — 3×3, 5×5, Square-1

0.13s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Aidan McKenzie over Charles Amarello

180

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Karnaukh	6.95	7.15
2×2	Viktor Pearl	1.80	2.03
4×4	Jonah Crosby	24.94	25.41
5×5	Daniel Karnaukh	55.30	57.03
3×3 blindfolded	Parth Garg	48.03	—
3×3 one-handed	Aidan McKenzie	12.93	15.40
Clock	Joshua Marriott	4.24	4.69
Megaminx	Aidan McKenzie	37.34	41.01
Pyraminx	Abhinav Govindaraju	1.89	2.89
Skewb	Saisabari Ramesh	3.71	4.15
Square-1	Daniel Karnaukh	5.55	6.62

The PB harvest

180 set · 72 still standing

Eben Quenneville — 3×3 single 7.32: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Joshua Marriott — Skewb single 2.32: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Che-Hao Saito — 3×3 single 7.85: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Noah Richardson — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Tommy Szeliga — Skewb single 2.53: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Eben Quenneville — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Joshua Marriott — 3×3 single 8.56: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Joseph Molloy — 3×3 single 8.82: into the top 4.5% 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

109 competitors · 954 results · 11 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. Daniel Karnaukh won it with a 7.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.