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Oregon Championship 2023

Salem, Oregon · 1 September 2023 · 17 events · 132 competitors · 202 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won five of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Michael Lee by 0.04 seconds. 132 competitors produced 202 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bo Ahn-Lewandowski took a 2×2 single of 6.18 down to 2.27, 63 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Michael Lee over Timothy Castle
202
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matty Hiroto Inaba5.686.06
2×2Michael Lee2.142.66
4×4Matty Hiroto Inaba22.1322.68
5×5Matty Hiroto Inaba41.6648.15
6×6Matty Hiroto Inaba1:19.001:25.94
7×7Sameer Aggarwal2:18.992:36.37
3×3 blindfoldedTimothy Castle20.93—
3×3 Fewest MovesEthan Davis28 moves30.00
3×3 one-handedMatty Hiroto Inaba9.7311.08
ClockBo Ahn-Lewandowski5.686.94
MegaminxEthan Davis34.0537.73
PyraminxSameer Aggarwal2.492.97
SkewbAsh Black1.602.60
Square-1Sameer Aggarwal4.585.36
4×4 blindfoldedJason White4:50.326:12.37
5×5 blindfoldedTimothy Castle——
3×3 Multi-BlindTimothy Castle20 of 25 cubes · 53:03—

The PB harvest

202 set · 74 still standing
  • Ash Black — Pyraminx single 1.56: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
  • Michael Lee — 3×3 one-handed single 9.80: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
  • Ash Black — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 22 moves: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Abhay Cheemalapati — Square-1 single 8.11: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Jason Le — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Chang — Pyraminx single 3.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Evan Kuske — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Emmanuel Dominguez Figueroa — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

132 competitors · 1012 results · 17 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 6.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

132 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.