Competitions · United States

UCSD Spring 2023

San Diego, California · 2 April 2023 · 5 events · 93 competitors · 86 personal bests

Max Park won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Max Park by 1.18 seconds. 93 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Chris Hong took a 4×4 single of 1:33.73 down to 46.85, 50 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

1.18s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Max Park over Kavin Tangtartharakul

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.20	6.32
4×4	Max Park	17.82	21.25
6×6	Max Park	1:03.86	1:08.93
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	20.37	20.93
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	7.91	10.03

The PB harvest

86 set · 19 still standing

Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 3×3 single 5.12: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
Connor Guenther — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Connor Guenther — 3×3 one-handed single 14.52: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Carl Tsai — 3×3 one-handed single 15.14: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Andrew Sorem — 3×3 one-handed single 15.29: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Jason Weistrop — 3×3 single 11.31: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Jacob Liu — 3×3 one-handed single 17.40: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Rudra Kulkarni — 3×3 single 12.55: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

93 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. Max Park won it with a 6.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.