Competitions · United States

Pride in Long Beach 2023

Long Beach, California · 11 June 2023 · 5 events · 102 competitors · 84 personal bests

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) won three of the five events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) by 0.16 seconds. 102 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 3×3 single world record: 3.13.

Three wins

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) over Derek Hsieh

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.88	6.24
2×2	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	1.75	2.07
4×4	Max Park	20.99	21.49
3×3 blindfolded	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	35.57	—
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	31.39	33.99

The PB harvest

84 set · 21 still standing

Max Park — 3×3 single 3.13: into the top 0.0014% of the event's history.
Nate Minkevich — 4×4 single 36.56: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Jeremy Saqr — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Novaleigh Bui — 4×4 single 37.51: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Isaac Nuon — Megaminx single 1:03.24: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Krish Banker — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Austin Pham — 3×3 single 12.46: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Dominic Vanderable — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 421 results · 5 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. Max Park won it with a 6.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.