Competitions · United States

Rose City 2023

Portland, Oregon · 6 May 2023 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 64 personal bests

Max Siauw won three of the six events (3×3, 6×6, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Siauw by 0.16 seconds. 76 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lazarus Garcia took a Skewb single of 11.29 down to 3.20, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 6×6, Clock

0.16s

closest final — 3×3, Max Siauw over Asher Kim-Magierek

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	5.91	6.68
6×6	Max Siauw	1:21.75	1:30.03
3×3 one-handed	Wade Hawkins	10.58	11.84
Clock	Max Siauw	4.08	6.23
Megaminx	Ethan Davis	31.89	34.53
Skewb	Eli Kirk	2.50	3.57

The PB harvest

64 set · 18 still standing

Max Siauw — Clock single 4.08: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Lazarus Garcia — Skewb single 3.20: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Asher Kim-Magierek — 6×6 single 1:48.42: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Stefen Lake — 6×6 single 2:27.17: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
Harper Wicker-Lenseigne — 3×3 single 15.65: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
Bryce Tieu — 3×3 single 18.25: into the top 34.8% of the event's history.
Philip Lanthrum — 3×3 one-handed single 25.90: into the top 36.6% of the event's history.
Krisstyn Gutierrez — 3×3 single 19.21: into the top 37.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

76 competitors · 325 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. Max Siauw won it with a 6.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.