Competitions · United States

Saint John's Scramble 2023

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts · 1 April 2023 · 6 events · 86 competitors · 117 personal bests

Darren Saito won three of the six events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Darren Saito by 0.43 seconds. 86 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jonas Kraijesteijn took a 2×2 single of 3.90 down to 1.70, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Darren Saito — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.43s

closest final — 4×4, Darren Saito over Jonah Crosby

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Gutierrez	6.34	7.80
2×2	Darren Saito	1.33	1.62
4×4	Darren Saito	28.36	30.54
3×3 one-handed	Darren Saito	10.18	12.01
Pyraminx	Krish Shah-Nathwani	1.98	2.84
Skewb	Saisabari Ramesh	1.74	3.73

The PB harvest

117 set · 29 still standing

Yihan Deng (邓义涵) — 3×3 single 7.01: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Derek White — Skewb single 2.16: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Chris Yeager — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jonas Kraijesteijn — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Aaron Fulling — 3×3 single 8.73: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Jacob Henderson-Smith — 3×3 single 10.47: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Nikhil Kosanam — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Nathan Davis — 2×2 single 3.23: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

86 competitors · 500 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. Daniel Gutierrez won it with a 7.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.