Competitions · United States

Pretzel Mania 2023

Lancaster, Pennsylvania · 25 February 2023 · 8 events · 401 competitors · 594 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Kyle Meade by 0.02 seconds. 401 competitors produced 594 personal bests, 181 of which still stand today, and 126 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Nicolas Naing set the Megaminx average continental record: 29.06.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Kyle Meade over Michael Nielsen

594

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.23	6.91
2×2	Will Callan	1.03	1.72
4×4	Patrick Ponce	23.71	24.31
5×5	Patrick Ponce	44.12	45.19
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	10.86	11.40
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	26.54	29.06
Pyraminx	Kyle Meade	1.48	1.99
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.64	2.75

The PB harvest

594 set · 181 still standing

Eric Hsu (徐玉云) — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Ian Fanning — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Sameer Sethuram — Skewb single 2.64: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Sebi Ferman — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Nathan Budzichowski — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Maggie Clark — Pyraminx single 3.12: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Adam Smith — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Donovan Redo — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

126 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

401 competitors · 3185 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

401 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.