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Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023

Erie, Colorado · 28 October 2023 · 10 events · 83 competitors · 87 personal bests

Jacob Nokes won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel by 0.15 seconds. 83 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sylas Broeder took a Pyraminx single of 31.11 down to 9.46, 70 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Jacob Nokes — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.15s
closest final — Square-1, Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel over Jack Bellomy
87
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jacob Nokes7.628.36
4×4Jacob Nokes29.2829.68
5×5Jacob Nokes47.2653.82
6×6Jacob Nokes1:29.941:33.30
7×7Jacob Nokes2:22.472:26.62
3×3 blindfoldedElizabeth Cutting1:01.43—
PyraminxJack Bellomy2.713.28
SkewbEashan Tilaye4.865.07
Square-1Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel7.6210.13
3×3 Multi-BlindElizabeth Cutting13 of 13 cubes · 43:21—

The PB harvest

87 set · 13 still standing
  • Elizabeth Cutting — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 13 of 13 cubes · 43:21: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Elliott Crane — 4×4 single 55.86: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Graham — 3×3 single 20.34: into the top 40.9% of the event's history.
  • Sylas Broeder — 3×3 single 21.08: into the top 42.9% of the event's history.
  • Sylas Broeder — Pyraminx single 9.46: into the top 48.7% of the event's history.
  • Elliott Crane — 7×7 single 4:53.89: into the top 48.9% of the event's history.
  • Bo Lynch — 4×4 single 1:14.95: into the top 51.5% of the event's history.
  • Eleanor Hill — 3×3 single 25.25: into the top 53.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

83 competitors · 405 results · 10 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. Jacob Nokes won it with a 8.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.