Competitions · United States

Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023

Dallas, Georgia · 9 July 2023 · 5 events · 77 competitors · 68 personal bests

Vishwa Sankar won two of the five events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.13 seconds. 77 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yiran Luo (罗以然) took a 3×3 single of 27.67 down to 13.16, 52 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Vishwa Sankar — 6×6, 7×7

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Nicolás Sánchez over Caleb Chen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicolás Sánchez	5.60	7.05
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:32.99	1:40.75
7×7	Vishwa Sankar	2:30.06	2:40.08
3×3 one-handed	Kevin Min	12.27	13.36
Megaminx	Jared Stinson	36.69	38.33

The PB harvest

68 set · 21 still standing

Lucas Liwosz — 3×3 single 8.63: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Abhi Gawande — 7×7 single 2:55.55: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Abhi Gawande — 6×6 single 2:01.79: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Raymond Goslow — 6×6 single 2:02.22: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Jackson Xander Bennett — 3×3 single 11.52: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Ian Markley — 3×3 single 11.91: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Yiran Luo (罗以然) — 3×3 single 13.16: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Ian Markley — Megaminx single 1:16.21: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

77 competitors · 321 results · 5 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 7.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.