Competitions · United States

Panthers Cube Day 2023

Lincoln, New Hampshire · 22 April 2023 · 8 events · 71 competitors · 74 personal bests

Aidan McKenzie won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Derek White by 0.11 seconds. 71 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Elliott Kobelansky set the 3×3 blindfolded average world record: 15.05.

Three wins

Aidan McKenzie — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx

0.11s

closest final — Square-1, Derek White over Aidan McKenzie

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aidan McKenzie	6.27	8.14
2×2	Maxence Leboeuf	2.21	2.83
4×4	Aidan McKenzie	29.81	34.74
3×3 blindfolded	Elliott Kobelansky	14.15	15.05
Clock	Gabrielle Morasse	6.01	6.51
Megaminx	Aidan McKenzie	33.98	40.05
Pyraminx	Maxence Leboeuf	2.33	3.29
Square-1	Derek White	8.52	14.01

The PB harvest

74 set · 20 still standing

Derek White — Square-1 single 8.52: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Dylan Girouard — Square-1 single 11.95: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Aaron Glines — 3×3 single 12.55: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Elliott Kobelansky — Megaminx single 1:10.66: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Charles Amarello — Square-1 single 15.56: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
November Emerson Meserve — 3×3 single 14.99: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
Wes Chilton — 3×3 single 16.38: into the top 29.0% of the event's history.
Michael Ploof — Pyraminx single 8.03: into the top 36.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

71 competitors · 377 results · 8 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. Aidan McKenzie won it with a 8.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.