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Staunton Speedsolving 2023

Greenville, South Carolina · 16 September 2023 · 5 events · 83 competitors · 74 personal bests

Caleb Chen won the 3×3 with a 6.94 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Caleb Chen by 0.20 seconds. 83 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mayson Frye took a Square-1 single of 1:11.78 down to 19.32, 73 percent better in one day.

5
events decided
0.20s
closest final — 3×3, Caleb Chen over Nicolás Sánchez
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caleb Chen5.486.94
2×2Matias Marcantoni-Nunez1.111.72
ClockJasper Wolfe-Tham4.684.90
SkewbNathan Smith2.934.35
Square-1Matthew Remington9.3710.38

The PB harvest

74 set · 11 still standing
  • Jaiden Shum — 3×3 single 8.07: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Mayson Frye — Skewb single 3.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • John Ludwick — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Avery — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Asher Wright — 2×2 single 6.15: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.
  • Spencer Price — Clock single 18.60: into the top 60.6% of the event's history.
  • Reid Allen — 3×3 single 33.13: into the top 67.7% of the event's history.
  • David Evans — Skewb single 12.46: into the top 68.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

83 competitors · 420 results · 5 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. Caleb Chen won it with a 6.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.