Competitions · United States

Potomac Spring 2023

Potomac, Maryland · 1 April 2023 · 6 events · 96 competitors · 107 personal bests

Shaun Mack won two of the six events (3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Shaun Mack by 0.29 seconds. 96 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Rafik Eskandar set the Square-1 single continental record: 7.95.

Two wins

Shaun Mack — 3×3 one-handed, Clock

0.29s

closest final — Clock, Shaun Mack over Rafik Eskandar

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Waden Cho	6.54	7.32
3×3 one-handed	Shaun Mack	10.57	11.98
Clock	Shaun Mack	6.31	6.71
Megaminx	Zayn Khanani	43.41	50.85
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.52	2.16
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	5.27	5.96

The PB harvest

107 set · 16 still standing

Zavian Valedon — 3×3 one-handed single 9.35: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Kenneth Do — 3×3 single 9.10: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Frederick Zheng — Clock single 5.58: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Frederick Zheng — Skewb single 5.66: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
Graham Zielinski — 3×3 single 14.71: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Hunter David Paige — Clock single 11.46: into the top 32.3% of the event's history.
Peter Hibl — Megaminx single 1:41.61: into the top 35.6% of the event's history.
Ethan Qiu — 3×3 one-handed single 29.33: into the top 45.1% 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 446 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. Waden Cho won it with a 7.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.