Competitions · United States

UCSD Summer 2023

San Diego, California · 5 August 2023 · 6 events · 140 competitors · 180 personal bests

Dan Tran won two of the six events (5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Dan Tran by 0.41 seconds. 140 competitors produced 180 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Andy French took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:53.96 down to 2:17.66, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Dan Tran — 5×5, Megaminx

0.41s

closest final — Megaminx, Dan Tran over Gavin Torreflores

180

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nancy Liu	5.75	6.41
4×4	Weixing Zhang (张炜星)	27.55	30.46
5×5	Dan Tran	51.95	54.47
3×3 blindfolded	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	21.38	—
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.78	10.71
Megaminx	Dan Tran	51.59	54.06

The PB harvest

180 set · 49 still standing

Graham Siggins — 3×3 blindfolded single 15.62: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Ryan Jew — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Timothy Zhuang — 3×3 single 7.39: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Anthony Lauro — 4×4 single 29.84: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Dan Tran — Megaminx single 44.82: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Anto Kam (甘浩東) — 4×4 single 30.77: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Anthony Lauro — Megaminx single 46.00: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Derek Hsieh — 4×4 single 31.76: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

140 competitors · 645 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

140 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.