Competitions · United States

UCSD Extravaganza 2023

San Diego, California · 7 October 2023 · 6 events · 165 competitors · 125 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won the 3×3 with a 5.66 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nancy Liu by 0.02 seconds. 165 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jimmy Kingston took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:22.12 down to 1:45.99, 60 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Nancy Liu over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	4.87	5.66
2×2	Nancy Liu	1.38	1.57
5×5	Max Park	33.55	37.39
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	19.26	20.48
Clock	Vinícius Shaw	5.66	6.37
Square-1	Brendyn Dunagan	4.91	6.99

The PB harvest

125 set · 33 still standing

Franklin Pham — 3×3 single 6.72: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Kavin Tangtartharakul — 3×3 blindfolded single 24.12: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Joel An — 3×3 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Amogh Adluri — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Matthew Chung — 3×3 single 9.55: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Derrick Hung — Square-1 single 11.07: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Trey Vu — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Ian Rhee — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

165 competitors · 692 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

165 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.