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Newmarket Favourites 2023

Newmarket, Ontario · 15 April 2023 · 12 events · 59 competitors · 48 personal bests

Brennen Lin won three of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brennen Lin by 0.17 seconds. 59 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Omar Ellabban set the 6×6 single national record: 1:22.74.

Three wins
Brennen Lin — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Brennen Lin over Arhaan Sareen
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brennen Lin6.597.11
2×2Brennen Lin1.311.76
4×4Brennen Lin28.7931.69
5×5Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)46.6852.04
6×6Omar Ellabban1:22.741:29.56
7×7Omar Ellabban2:12.972:22.53
3×3 one-handedStanley Wang10.5812.54
ClockLucas Nieuwland4.765.16
MegaminxBurno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)35.2736.94
PyraminxJessica Ying2.193.51
SkewbLarry Shi4.044.55
Square-1Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)6.199.60

The PB harvest

48 set · 10 still standing
  • Jenna Hassan — Skewb single 3.51: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Guanlin Zhou — 5×5 single 1:07.53: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Adam Wu — 4×4 single 42.92: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Ben Snyder — Pyraminx single 5.87: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
  • David Arakelyan — 3×3 single 15.06: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • David Arakelyan — 2×2 single 3.89: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
  • Aneesh Arvind — 2×2 single 4.09: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
  • Michael Zheng — Pyraminx single 7.10: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

59 competitors · 242 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.