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SacCubing XIII 2023

Carmichael, California · 14 January 2023 · 14 events · 146 competitors · 249 personal bests

Brian Johnson won four of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Elijah Brown by 0.06 seconds. 146 competitors produced 249 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Brandon Lugtu took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:31.98 down to 1:42.62, 62 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Brian Johnson — 3×3, 2×2, Megaminx, Square-1
0.06s
closest final — Clock, Elijah Brown over Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน)
249
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson6.126.47
2×2Brian Johnson0.711.37
4×4Christopher Yen25.7128.18
5×5Benjamin Wei47.8251.05
6×6Benjamin Wei1:25.011:28.29
7×7Benjamin Wei2:10.792:14.70
3×3 blindfoldedAnto Kam (甘浩東)18.99—
3×3 Fewest MovesSimon Kellum24 moves25.00
3×3 one-handedZhouheng Sun (孙舟横)9.0611.25
ClockElijah Brown6.257.01
MegaminxBrian Johnson42.7645.27
PyraminxSimon Kellum1.792.36
SkewbSimon Kellum2.333.31
Square-1Brian Johnson6.998.07

The PB harvest

249 set · 71 still standing
  • Nathan Wu — 3×3 single 5.79: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
  • Tyler Howlett — 3×3 one-handed single 10.48: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Wilson Alvis (陈智胜) — 3×3 one-handed single 10.51: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Danny Sungin Park (박성인) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 22 moves: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Arfan Pasha — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Sidhak Khanuja — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Weston Nemitz — 3×3 single 11.41: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Leif Persson — 3×3 single 12.10: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

146 competitors · 1116 results · 14 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. Brian Johnson won it with a 6.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

146 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.