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Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023

Westminster, Colorado · 11 November 2023 · 7 events · 83 competitors · 98 personal bests

Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel won three of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel by 0.44 seconds. 83 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Truman Clack took a Skewb single of 44.53 down to 7.28, 84 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.44s
closest final — Skewb, Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel over Marcus Reagor
98
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel7.748.32
2×2Curtis Chai1.391.76
4×4Raymos Castillo31.8133.39
3×3 one-handedOliver Michael Sitja Sichel12.4214.36
MegaminxCurtis Chai46.9554.17
SkewbOliver Michael Sitja Sichel2.844.26
Square-1Gavin Chartier6.7210.51

The PB harvest

98 set · 37 still standing
  • Cylas Ogea — 3×3 single 7.14: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel — Square-1 single 7.51: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Kindt — 3×3 one-handed single 13.94: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Max Ashley — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Riley Jacques — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Jaydon Loar — 3×3 one-handed single 17.63: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
  • Joaquin Hernandez — 4×4 single 42.62: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Joaquin Hernandez — Square-1 single 14.80: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

83 competitors · 552 results · 7 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. Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel won it with a 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.