Competitions · Republic of Korea

Seoul Spring 2023

서울특별시 (Seoul) · 7 May 2023 · 4 events · 284 competitors · 134 personal bests

DongSoo Park (박동수) won two of the four events (3×3, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jaemin Chang (장재민) by 0.04 seconds. 284 competitors produced 134 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 111 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Minho Lee took a 2×2 single of 14.20 down to 4.05, 71 percent better in one day.

Two wins

DongSoo Park (박동수) — 3×3, 7×7

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Jaemin Chang (장재민) over Sooho Lee (이수호)

134

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	DongSoo Park (박동수)	6.06	7.65
2×2	Jaemin Chang (장재민)	1.33	1.86
7×7	DongSoo Park (박동수)	2:08.97	2:10.86
3×3 blindfolded	DongJae Lee	22.60	29.21

The PB harvest

134 set · 48 still standing

SangWook Park (박상욱) — 3×3 single 7.04: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Dong Hee Kim (김동희) — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Jonathan Kim (김요나단) — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
SeungMin Kim — 3×3 single 10.48: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Lee Dohyeon (이도현) — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Woo Seongmin (우성민) — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Jiwoo Kim (김지우) — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Duhui Jeong (정두희) — 3×3 single 11.06: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

111 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

284 competitors · 564 results · 4 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. DongSoo Park (박동수) won it with a 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

284 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.