Competitions · Canada

Richmond Summer Open 2023

Richmond, British Columbia · 5 August 2023 · 6 events · 78 competitors · 112 personal bests

Sameer Aggarwal won five of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.26 seconds. 78 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdulrahman Saif set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 1:08.12.

Five wins

Sameer Aggarwal — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.26s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Sameer Aggarwal over Kenny Zhong

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sameer Aggarwal	5.89	7.22
2×2	Sameer Aggarwal	1.06	1.58
4×4	Sameer Aggarwal	24.60	26.44
3×3 one-handed	Sameer Aggarwal	10.48	15.27
Skewb	Jesús Julián De Niz Hernandez	2.06	3.42
Square-1	Sameer Aggarwal	4.46	5.53

The PB harvest

112 set · 36 still standing

Luke Jankowiak — 4×4 single 27.38: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Jesús Julián De Niz Hernandez — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Nathan Pope — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Anderson Gao — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Chen — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Angus Chung — 4×4 single 34.70: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Noah Stelting — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Angus Chung — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

78 competitors · 432 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 7.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.