Competitions · United States

Santa Ana Summer B 2023

Santa Ana, California · 19 August 2023 · 3 events · 93 competitors · 58 personal bests

Nancy Liu won two of the three events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nancy Liu by 0.37 seconds. 93 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zayyan Anwar took a 2×2 single of 14.00 down to 5.27, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nancy Liu — 3×3, 2×2

0.37s

closest final — 2×2, Nancy Liu over Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nancy Liu	5.72	6.58
2×2	Nancy Liu	1.63	1.93
7×7	Gavin Torreflores	3:35.70	3:41.59

The PB harvest

58 set · 15 still standing

Emiliano Ramirez — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Jake Thompson — 3×3 single 10.80: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Brayan Tafolla — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Rio Navarro — 3×3 single 13.01: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Alexander Watson — 7×7 single 3:29.50: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
Jayden Anthony Flores — 3×3 single 13.95: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Ethan Lee — 2×2 single 4.00: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Jake Thompson — 7×7 single 4:01.27: into the top 31.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

93 competitors · 270 results · 3 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. Nancy Liu won it with a 6.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.