Competitions · United States
Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023
Niskayuna, New York · 11 March 2023 · 12 events · 58 competitors · 106 personal bests
Patrick Ponce won seven of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.09 seconds. 58 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Jonathan Offer took a Skewb single of 28.07 down to 8.07, 71 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Patrick Ponce | 4.85 | 6.26 |
| 2×2 | Patrick Ponce | 1.61 | 2.29 |
| 4×4 | Patrick Ponce | 21.36 | 23.07 |
| 5×5 | Patrick Ponce | 42.51 | 47.66 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Evan Liu | 58.92 | 1:05.62 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Patrick Ponce | 7.90 | 11.43 |
| Clock | Evan Liu | 4.65 | 5.27 |
| Megaminx | Patrick Ponce | 38.01 | 40.14 |
| Pyraminx | Daniel Goodman | 2.10 | 2.99 |
| Skewb | Livia Kleiner | 3.00 | 4.03 |
| Square-1 | Patrick Ponce | 10.33 | 11.78 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Evan Liu | 5:28.91 | — |
The PB harvest
106 set · 30 still standing- Timothy Yang — 3×3 one-handed single 10.55: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
- Livia Kleiner — Square-1 single 7.28: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
- Arin Khare — 3×3 single 7.65: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Jonathan Chu — 3×3 single 7.80: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
- Ben Colwell — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
- Caden Hubbell — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Graber — Clock single 9.42: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
- Jesse Hartnett — Megaminx single 1:24.18: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven 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
58 competitors · 451 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U' F' R2 L' U2 R L F L R2 U2 F2 B2 L2 F2 B2 D B2 R - 2
F2 U' L' F2 R B2 L' D2 L2 B2 F' U' L2 D2 R' F' L R2 F2 - 3
B2 R B2 D2 R2 B2 R U2 R2 D B D B R B' D' L' U F - 4
D F' U F2 U2 F2 D' B2 U F2 R2 D2 R' B F2 U R2 F2 U' L' - 5
R' B2 R U2 L' D2 R2 F2 D2 L' D' L B R' B2 F' D' B' L' D2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
58 competitors- Alan Achilles
- Alec Krawiecki
- Alexander Michael Pilch
- Angelo Terpening
- Arin Khare
- Asher Schwartz
- Austin Li
- Ben Colwell
- Benjamin Graber
- Benjamin Walter
- Brennan Bosco
- Caden Hubbell
- Charles Amarello
- Curtis Chai
- Dan Lu
- Daniel Comenale Machado de Souza
- Daniel Goodman
- Diego Calderon
- Dylan Franz
- Eli Ozsvath
- Evan Liu
- Faiz Wareh
- Ian Dufallo
- Isaiah Newman
- Jackson Shure
- Jacob Schwartz
- James Freedley
- Jay Pharma
- Jeremy Steuer
- Jesse Hartnett
- Jonathan Chu
- Jonathan Offer
- Kevin Costello III
- Larry Liu
- Leah Schure
- Livia Kleiner
- Luke Merrill
- Mahaer Chugh
- Mark Mikheyenko
- Max Mikheyenko
- Michael Amarello
- Nadiv Herrmann
- Nathaniel Guerrero
- Nicholas Paff
- Noah Askew
- Noah Kim
- Patrick Ponce
- Peter Venne
- Remy Shehadeh
- Renato Maritato
- Renato Ortiz
- Ryan Hughes
- Samuel Engler Paixao
- Sebastian Mazura
- Timothy Yang
- Victor Calderon
- Yusif Anaam
- Yuval Segall
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.