Competitions · United States

North Star Cubing Challenge 2023

New Brighton, Minnesota · 21 January 2023 · 10 events · 99 competitors · 129 personal bests

Zeke Mackay won two of the ten events (3×3, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nathan Rahn by 0.36 seconds. 99 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Isaiah Darling took a 2×2 single of 6.66 down to 3.16, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zeke Mackay — 3×3, 4×4 blindfolded

0.36s

closest final — 2×2, Nathan Rahn over Zeke Mackay

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zeke Mackay	6.40	7.05
2×2	Nathan Rahn	1.54	1.92
5×5	Nathan Phillips	48.56	55.62
6×6	Peter Weyers	1:37.41	1:45.70
7×7	Peter Weyers	2:33.72	2:36.81
3×3 blindfolded	Andy Wong	19.17	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Simon Kellum	25 moves	27.33
3×3 one-handed	Brian Johnson	8.99	9.48
Pyraminx	Brian Johnson	1.63	2.62
4×4 blindfolded	Zeke Mackay	3:56.40	—

The PB harvest

129 set · 47 still standing

Trevor Schepanski — 3×3 single 8.07: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jagger Thomas Klecatsky — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Isaiah Darling — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Joseph Rozelle — 3×3 one-handed single 19.30: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Vizer — 3×3 single 13.55: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Nadav Kanzer — Pyraminx single 6.37: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.
Oliver Phillips — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 33 moves: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Ashmith Siddharth — Pyraminx single 6.46: into the top 23.5% 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

99 competitors · 593 results · 10 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. Zeke Mackay won it with a 7.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.