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Sandnes Winter 2023

Sandnes · 28 January 2023 · 8 events · 55 competitors · 83 personal bests

Kim Roger Haraldsen won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Kim Roger Haraldsen by 0.05 seconds. 55 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Stian Nystad Østli set the Pyraminx average national record: 1.91.

Three wins
Kim Roger Haraldsen — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Kim Roger Haraldsen over Stian Nystad Østli
83
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kim Roger Haraldsen7.228.04
2×2Niklas Aasen Eliasson1.321.92
4×4Kim Roger Haraldsen28.4329.48
3×3 blindfoldedNiklas Aasen Eliasson1:01.12—
3×3 one-handedKim Roger Haraldsen11.5914.23
PyraminxStian Nystad Østli1.832.24
SkewbHennie Færden2.824.14
Square-1Herman Westerlund Kalland7.6211.83

The PB harvest

83 set · 23 still standing
  • Filip Nilsen — 3×3 single 5.43: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
  • Kim Roger Haraldsen — Skewb single 1.77: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
  • Filip Nilsen — Skewb single 2.00: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Kim Roger Haraldsen — Square-1 single 7.69: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Anders Barhaugen — Square-1 single 8.04: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Lars Ulveseth — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Lars Johan Folde — Square-1 single 10.91: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Jakob Vreim Ludviksen — 3×3 single 10.44: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

55 competitors · 556 results · 8 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. Kim Roger Haraldsen won it with a 8.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.