Competitions · United States

NJIT Spring 2023

Newark, New Jersey · 18 March 2023 · 5 events · 140 competitors · 174 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the five events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jerry Yao by 0.19 seconds. 140 competitors produced 174 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Kyle Meade set the Pyraminx average continental record: 1.78.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Jerry Yao over Patrick Ponce

174

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jerry Yao	5.81	6.56
4×4	Patrick Ponce	22.43	26.87
5×5	Patrick Ponce	44.67	48.41
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.71	10.49
Pyraminx	Kyle Meade	0.99	2.04

The PB harvest

174 set · 42 still standing

Kyle Meade — Pyraminx single 0.99: into the top 0.036% of the event's history.
Zavian Valedon — 3×3 single 5.14: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Kye Carretero — Pyraminx single 1.78: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Boris McCoy — Pyraminx single 1.80: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
Amod Mathur — 4×4 single 26.59: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Tom Smith — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Himanshu Punjabi — 3×3 single 9.44: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Charles Barden — 3×3 single 9.46: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

140 competitors · 689 results · 5 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. Jerry Yao won it with a 6.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.