Competitions · United States

Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023

Amherst, Massachusetts · 22 January 2023 · 6 events · 126 competitors · 85 personal bests

Kevin Hays won two of the six events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Christopher Yen by 0.72 seconds. 126 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Zayn Khanani set the 2×2 average world record: 1.01.

Two wins

Kevin Hays — 6×6, 7×7

0.72s

closest final — 3×3, Christopher Yen over Daniel Gutierrez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Yen	5.54	6.34
2×2	Zayn Khanani	0.71	1.01
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:23.33	1:29.02
7×7	Kevin Hays	2:00.28	2:02.94
3×3 blindfolded	Vishwanath Jeyaraman	21.75	—
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	5.72	6.32

The PB harvest

85 set · 23 still standing

Jonathan Massett — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
James Quinn — 6×6 single 1:52.88: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Derek Lee — Square-1 single 13.61: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Nicholas Park — 3×3 single 12.34: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Marcus S. Bilik — Square-1 single 15.32: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
Eben Quenneville — 6×6 single 2:20.97: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
William Mattoon — 3×3 single 14.57: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Tommy Szeliga — 7×7 single 3:59.84: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 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

126 competitors · 482 results · 6 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. Christopher Yen won it with a 6.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

126 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.