Competitions · United States

Pretzel Mania Summer 2023

Lancaster, Pennsylvania · 2 September 2023 · 7 events · 438 competitors · 690 personal bests

Christopher Sun won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Brad Hoffman by 0.21 seconds. 438 competitors produced 690 personal bests, 256 of which still stand today, and 130 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rafik Eskandar set the Megaminx single national record: 1:01.80.

Two wins

Christopher Sun — 3×3, 4×4

0.21s

closest final — Skewb, Brad Hoffman over Livia Kleiner

690

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Sun	5.63	6.65
2×2	Will Callan	1.20	1.56
4×4	Christopher Sun	25.16	26.15
3×3 one-handed	Carson Widjaja	12.59	14.12
Megaminx	Ishaan Lal	39.42	41.38
Pyraminx	Kyle Meade	1.16	1.98
Skewb	Brad Hoffman	2.64	3.29

The PB harvest

690 set · 256 still standing

Jomar Hidalgo — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Caleb Kearney — Skewb single 2.24: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Adam Gradess — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Eric Lewis — Pyraminx single 2.72: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Ian Liong — Skewb single 2.54: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Gavin Tribie — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Connor Gaeckle — Pyraminx single 3.04: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Peter Guo — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

130 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

438 competitors · 3345 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

438 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.