Competitions · United States
Nickel City 2023
Cheektowaga, New York · 25 March 2023 · 6 events · 48 competitors · 40 personal bests
Evan Liu won three of the six events (4×4, Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joey Saia by 0.43 seconds. 48 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Phoenix Mascellino took a 3×3 single of 39.16 down to 19.80, 49 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Joey Saia | 7.20 | 7.56 |
| 2×2 | Joey Saia | 2.07 | 2.36 |
| 4×4 | Evan Liu | 33.58 | 36.32 |
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.25 | 5.66 |
| Megaminx | Evan Liu | 55.08 | 1:01.84 |
| Square-1 | Alex Cohen | 10.14 | 14.84 |
The PB harvest
40 set · 18 still standing- Austin Thein — 3×3 single 10.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Jayden Mitchell — Square-1 single 12.38: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
- Sanjeev Arora — 3×3 single 14.74: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
- Spencer Stutzman — Clock single 10.08: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
- Joey Saia — Square-1 single 20.65: into the top 29.4% of the event's history.
- Derek Davis — 3×3 single 16.70: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
- Edward Caine — 2×2 single 4.38: into the top 31.4% of the event's history.
- Liam Terry — 3×3 single 17.88: into the top 33.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 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
48 competitors · 257 results · 6 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. Joey Saia won it with a 7.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 B2 D' L2 D' B2 U2 L2 B2 F R' D2 R2 U' F L2 R D' L' - 2
D' R2 B F2 R2 D2 F' U R B2 D2 R2 F' D B2 U2 L2 - 3
D R' F2 R F2 R F B L D' F2 U R2 B2 D2 F2 B2 R D - 4
B U R2 F2 R' B2 L D2 L' U2 R B' D2 F L' R B L U2 - 5
R2 F2 R2 U' L' F D' F' D B' D' L' D2 L' F2 D2 R D2 L'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
48 competitors- Aleister Cox
- Alex Cohen
- Alexander Seungu Hu
- Andrew Shattuck
- Andrew Stirling
- Austin Thein
- Brian Macutay
- Derek Davis
- Dominic Diaz
- Edgar Miranda
- Edward Caine
- Eli Ball
- Evan Liu
- Jackson Nash Ando
- Jayden Mitchell
- Joey Saia
- Jordan Halford
- Joseph Jamison
- Joseph Nowacki
- Joshua Anand
- Kris Stuart
- Liam Terry
- Lilly North
- Maeve S. McDevitt
- Marco Yang (杨柯辰)
- Mark John
- Milo Kittleson
- Neal McCallum
- Nethanel Thrasher
- Niall Roche-Kelly
- Nicholas Hampp
- Oliver David Lukowski
- Phoenix Mascellino
- Richard Foxe
- Ryan Sowinski
- Samson Schaefer
- Sanjeev Arora
- Skylar Porter
- Spencer Stutzman
- Stephen Griggs
- Theodore Mayer
- Tomas Kaiser
- Tyler Schreiner
- Veda Cole
- Vincent Joseph Leone
- William Millecchia
- Zach Clukies
- Zachary Hart
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.