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Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023

Mission Viejo, California · 3 December 2023 · 6 events · 97 competitors · 104 personal bests

Max Park won six of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.02 seconds. 97 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 8.62.

Six wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

1.02s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.23	5.50
4×4	Max Park	19.75	21.72
5×5	Max Park	34.26	40.17
6×6	Max Park	1:00.86	1:08.40
7×7	Max Park	1:43.96	1:46.50
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.96	10.09

The PB harvest

104 set · 20 still standing

Brody Lassner — 5×5 single 1:00.85: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Danny Wang — 5×5 single 1:02.75: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Nikhil Apte — 4×4 single 37.26: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Payton Swearingen — 4×4 single 37.78: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Nikhil Apte — 3×3 one-handed single 15.84: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Danny Wang — 7×7 single 3:13.42: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Salil Patel — 3×3 one-handed single 17.82: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Andrew Peng — 5×5 single 1:15.89: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

97 competitors · 469 results · 6 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. Max Park won it with a 5.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.