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Sonoran Side Events 2023

Tucson, Arizona · 18 November 2023 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 74 personal bests

Samuel Low won three of the six events (3×3, Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Quintin Audisho by 0.15 seconds. 56 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zaynab Alkhalifa set the Pyraminx single national record: 5.16.

Three wins
Samuel Low — 3×3, Clock, Pyraminx
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Quintin Audisho over Ivan Vanek
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Samuel Low7.828.41
2×2Quintin Audisho2.212.71
ClockSamuel Low9.9210.20
MegaminxMia Sponseller48.2053.47
PyraminxSamuel Low1.603.17
Square-1Ivan Vanek7.319.61

The PB harvest

74 set · 16 still standing
  • Azael Toysehua — 3×3 single 8.83: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Evan Prescott — 3×3 single 12.74: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Wikman — 2×2 single 3.24: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Emily Greenwood — Megaminx single 1:23.22: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
  • Emily Greenwood — Pyraminx single 7.05: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.
  • Isaac Enright — Square-1 single 20.35: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
  • James McCleland — 3×3 single 16.68: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
  • Evan Prescott — 2×2 single 5.19: into the top 41.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 289 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. Samuel Low won it with a 8.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.