Competitions · Canada

Pickering Favourites Fall 2023

Pickering, Ontario · 1 October 2023 · 12 events · 144 competitors · 173 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sihan Fu (傅思涵) by 0.00 seconds. 144 competitors produced 173 personal bests, 65 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the 4×4 single national record: 20.62.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, Sihan Fu (傅思涵) over Jeremy Anderson

173

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.31	6.25
2×2	Sihan Fu (傅思涵)	2.08	2.83
4×4	Bill Wang	20.62	26.07
5×5	Bill Wang	43.28	49.41
6×6	Omar Ellabban	1:22.49	1:25.95
7×7	Omar Ellabban	2:07.73	2:14.49
3×3 one-handed	Matthew Lee	10.34	11.76
Clock	Gabrielle Morasse	5.56	5.79
Megaminx	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	36.63	41.73
Pyraminx	Naren Ramesh	1.87	2.52
Skewb	Max Kaloshi	2.80	3.88
Square-1	Matthew Lee	5.68	8.92

The PB harvest

173 set · 65 still standing

Matthew Lee — Square-1 single 5.68: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Tristan Lei — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Matthew Krawczyk — 3×3 single 8.65: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Caden Ly — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Edwin Chan Ho Yeung (陳皓揚) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.10: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Adam Stephenson — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Ethan Fischer — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Ajeet Singh Chana — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% 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

144 competitors · 595 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. Bill Wang won it with a 6.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

144 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.