Competitions · United States

Reno Fall 2023

Reno, Nevada · 9 September 2023 · 7 events · 59 competitors · 77 personal bests

Caleb Yao (姚英華) won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Brayden Hanrion by 0.25 seconds. 59 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eric Ostdiek took a 2×2 single of 8.01 down to 4.17, 48 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Caleb Yao (姚英華) — 3×3, 2×2

0.25s

closest final — Skewb, Brayden Hanrion over Taj Bressert

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Yao (姚英華)	7.35	7.81
2×2	Caleb Yao (姚英華)	1.49	2.64
5×5	Paul Mahvi	51.56	54.43
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.20	10.36
Clock	Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน)	3.28	4.72
Skewb	Brayden Hanrion	4.36	5.63
Square-1	Michael Larsen	10.45	11.23

The PB harvest

77 set · 24 still standing

Brayden Hanrion — Square-1 single 10.85: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Anto Kam (甘浩東) — 5×5 single 1:05.35: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Cindy Xiaoyue Huang (黄小越) — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Maxwell Bryn — 3×3 single 11.19: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Nathan Biggs — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Ivan Efimov — 2×2 single 3.35: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Joseph Chen — 3×3 one-handed single 19.30: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Maxwell Bryn — 2×2 single 3.62: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

59 competitors · 360 results · 7 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. Caleb Yao (姚英華) won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.