Competitions · Canada

Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023

Waterloo, Ontario · 24 June 2023 · 6 events · 133 competitors · 90 personal bests

Morgan Yeh won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Jeriel James Thomas by 0.65 seconds. 133 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdullah Gulab set the Clock single national record: 8.46.

Two wins

Morgan Yeh — 3×3, 4×4

0.65s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Jeriel James Thomas over Max Xiong (熊锐明)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Morgan Yeh	5.43	6.27
4×4	Morgan Yeh	27.42	28.32
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	17.77	26.24
3×3 one-handed	Jeriel James Thomas	8.23	12.38
Clock	Declan O'Leary	5.53	6.64
Megaminx	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	46.63	56.18

The PB harvest

90 set · 34 still standing

Abishua James Thomas — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Larry Shi — 3×3 one-handed single 12.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Nicholas Patterson — 3×3 one-handed single 12.70: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Erika Walker — Clock single 6.93: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Aiden Yim — 4×4 single 40.85: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Erika Walker — Megaminx single 1:06.18: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:02.72: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
LianCheng Guo — 3×3 one-handed single 18.86: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

133 competitors · 387 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. Morgan Yeh won it with a 6.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.