Competitions · United States

Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania · 9 September 2023 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 109 personal bests

Shaun Mack won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shaun Mack by 0.11 seconds. 90 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aymen Elamir set the 3×3 single national record: 17.78.

Two wins

Shaun Mack — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Shaun Mack over Carson Widjaja

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shaun Mack	6.96	7.25
5×5	Benjamin Wei	48.69	50.75
7×7	Benjamin Wei	2:04.60	2:08.31
3×3 one-handed	Shaun Mack	10.59	12.96
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.45	1.60
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	4.86	6.05

The PB harvest

109 set · 37 still standing

Yeana Kim — 3×3 single 7.57: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Tina Xiangyan Jin (金香延) — Square-1 single 7.94: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Tomas Kaiser — Skewb single 2.84: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Tina Xiangyan Jin (金香延) — 3×3 one-handed single 13.70: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ethan Zorger — Skewb single 3.19: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Ayaan Saxena — Skewb single 3.39: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Ahmed Nadeem — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Sebastian Mann — 3×3 single 10.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 536 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. Shaun Mack won it with a 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.