Competitions · United States

North Carolina Championship 2023

Charlotte, North Carolina · 4 November 2023 · 13 events · 183 competitors · 372 personal bests

Vishwa Sankar won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Andreas Lambropoulos by 0.11 seconds. 183 competitors produced 372 personal bests, 118 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Raghav Reddy took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 12:21.00 down to 1:57.05, 84 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Vishwa Sankar — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.11s

closest final — Clock, Andreas Lambropoulos over Daniel Mullen

372

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kerry Creech	6.58	7.43
2×2	Kerry Creech	1.27	1.66
4×4	Vishwa Sankar	24.33	26.48
5×5	Vishwa Sankar	51.24	55.05
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:30.99	1:34.42
7×7	Vishwa Sankar	2:28.58	2:31.50
3×3 blindfolded	Jacob Ambrose	1:01.97	—
3×3 one-handed	Andreas Lambropoulos	10.96	11.45
Clock	Andreas Lambropoulos	4.93	5.62
Megaminx	Vishwa Sankar	45.80	47.50
Pyraminx	Kerry Creech	1.76	2.56
Skewb	Zachary Ochs	3.94	4.14
Square-1	Kerry Creech	8.69	10.35

The PB harvest

372 set · 118 still standing

Mikhah Eernisse — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Max Werner — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Nicolas Stan — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Edison Ooi — 3×3 single 8.28: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Mikhah Eernisse — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Matthew Gregoire — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Christopher Cates — Pyraminx single 3.32: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Amogh Prashanth — 3×3 single 8.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 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

183 competitors · 1537 results · 13 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. Kerry Creech won it with a 7.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

183 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.