Competitions · Malaysia

Penang Cube Masters 2023

Penang · 18 November 2023 · 12 events · 100 competitors · 138 personal bests

Lim Hung (林弘) won five of the twelve events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ephraim Lim Shao Liang (林绍良) by 0.03 seconds. 100 competitors produced 138 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tristan Chua Yong set the Megaminx single continental record: 24.92.

Five wins

Lim Hung (林弘) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ephraim Lim Shao Liang (林绍良) over Tristan Chua Yong

138

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Amey Gaba	6.22	6.84
2×2	Hill Pong Yong Feng	1.87	2.82
4×4	Tristan Chua Yong	27.32	28.92
5×5	Lim Hung (林弘)	46.81	51.62
6×6	Lim Hung (林弘)	1:21.48	1:22.19
7×7	Lim Hung (林弘)	1:50.56	2:03.34
3×3 one-handed	Lim Hung (林弘)	12.03	13.56
Clock	Michael (謝富亦)	4.89	5.70
Megaminx	Tristan Chua Yong	24.92	27.49
Pyraminx	Ephraim Lim Shao Liang (林绍良)	2.20	3.06
Skewb	Tristan Chua Yong	2.92	3.69
Square-1	Lim Hung (林弘)	8.34	9.09

The PB harvest

138 set · 58 still standing

Boying Li (李博莹) — 3×3 single 6.29: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Harith Luqman bin Bahrin — 3×3 single 7.19: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Teh Qin Yang — Pyraminx single 2.71: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Tan Ee Qian — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Muhammad Hafizuddin Akhtar Bin Mohd Zainal Abidin — 3×3 one-handed single 12.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Liow Yuan Feng — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Zoryen Ooi — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Chew Liang Che — 3×3 single 10.05: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

100 competitors · 571 results · 12 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. Amey Gaba won it with a 6.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.