Competitions · United States

OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023

Madison, Wisconsin · 8 July 2023 · 4 events · 231 competitors · 145 personal bests

Ben Zhao won the 3×3 with a 6.75 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ben Zhao by 0.25 seconds. 231 competitors produced 145 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 74 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sadie Sullivan took a Square-1 single of 1:02.81 down to 23.13, 63 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.25s

closest final — 3×3, Ben Zhao over Brian Johnson

145

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Zhao	5.16	6.75
3×3 one-handed	Eli Parker	9.18	10.16
Skewb	Carter Kucala	1.05	2.13
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	5.37	5.78

The PB harvest

145 set · 51 still standing

Brody Lassner — 3×3 one-handed single 8.18: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Simon Kellum — 3×3 one-handed single 8.49: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Max Walaszek — 3×3 one-handed single 10.92: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Eli Parker — Skewb single 2.26: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Bryce Rohloff — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Ho Pan Shum — 3×3 one-handed single 12.07: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Bryce Rohloff — 3×3 one-handed single 12.15: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
James Elliott — Skewb single 2.91: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

74 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

231 competitors · 1026 results · 4 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. Ben Zhao won it with a 6.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

231 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.