Competitions · Norway

Norwegian Championship 2023

Trondheim · 5 May 2023 · 16 events · 143 competitors · 273 personal bests

Celine Tran won four of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Filip Nilsen by 0.15 seconds. 143 competitors produced 273 personal bests, 83 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Niklas Aasen Eliasson set the Clock single national record: 3.13.

Four wins

Celine Tran — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Filip Nilsen over Niklas Aasen Eliasson

273

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chris Mills	5.84	6.76
2×2	Filip Nilsen	1.53	2.14
4×4	Celine Tran	29.37	30.77
5×5	Celine Tran	50.02	53.24
6×6	Celine Tran	1:28.05	1:35.84
7×7	Celine Tran	2:23.36	2:38.55
3×3 blindfolded	Kristian Holme	34.54	—
3×3 one-handed	Knut Skaug Haraldsen	9.50	11.51
Clock	Niklas Aasen Eliasson	3.13	4.29
Megaminx	Chris Mills	38.93	44.36
Pyraminx	Stian Nystad Østli	2.37	2.47
Skewb	Niklas Aasen Eliasson	3.89	4.42
Square-1	Herman Westerlund Kalland	12.03	13.30
4×4 blindfolded	Kristian Holme	5:57.36	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kristian Holme	12:15.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Kristian Holme	21 of 23 cubes · 59:22	—

The PB harvest

273 set · 83 still standing

Harald Skinnes Kryvi — 3×3 single 5.50: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Jonatan Solheim — 3×3 single 6.28: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Rasmus Heggvik Aune — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jacob Oliver Bruun — Clock single 4.57: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Aleksejs Alohins — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Aleksejs Alohins — Clock single 5.72: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Jakob Leonard Weidemann Grimstad — 3×3 single 10.05: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Aleksejs Alohins — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

143 competitors · 1414 results · 16 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. Chris Mills won it with a 6.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.