Competitions · United States

Summer Solving Colorado 2023

Aurora, Colorado · 24 June 2023 · 6 events · 72 competitors · 102 personal bests

Jacob Nokes won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jacob Nokes by 0.01 seconds. 72 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joshua Aaron Maupin took a Pyraminx single of 10.01 down to 3.98, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jacob Nokes — 3×3, 4×4

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Jacob Nokes over Jack Bellomy

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jacob Nokes	6.44	7.59
2×2	Brayden Wroten	1.77	1.97
4×4	Jacob Nokes	27.58	29.75
Clock	Sula Mareska	4.36	6.63
Pyraminx	Jack Bellomy	1.65	2.56
Square-1	Jack Bellomy	8.96	9.51

The PB harvest

102 set · 36 still standing

Jack Bellomy — Pyraminx single 1.39: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
Sam Koch — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Jack Roe — Clock single 5.20: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Sam Koch — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Christopher Johnson — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Addison Dean — 4×4 single 36.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Addison Dean — Square-1 single 10.97: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Addison Dean — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

72 competitors · 479 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. Jacob Nokes won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.