Competitions · United States
UCSD Unofficial Events 2023
San Diego, California · 30 September 2023 · 2 events · 58 competitors · 27 personal bests
Henry Helmuth won the 3×3 with a 8.29 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Taran Wadhera by 0.08 seconds. 58 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Evander J. Lawson took a 2×2 single of 5.25 down to 3.68, 30 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Henry Helmuth | 7.51 | 8.29 |
| 2×2 | Taran Wadhera | 2.15 | 2.77 |
The PB harvest
27 set · 9 still standing- Landon Livesay — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
- Luke Dyke — 3×3 single 13.80: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
- Evander J. Lawson — 2×2 single 3.68: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
- Levi Maloney — 3×3 single 15.21: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
- Ethan Hermanson — 3×3 single 18.67: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.
- Dakshinesh Prakash — 3×3 single 20.71: into the top 41.9% of the event's history.
- Erick Patino — 3×3 single 20.76: into the top 42.1% of the event's history.
- Luke Dyke — 2×2 single 5.49: into the top 45.2% 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
58 competitors · 130 results · 2 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. Henry Helmuth won it with a 8.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U B' R2 L F2 R L' B D' F2 U' R2 D L2 D2 F2 B' R D' - 2
D' B' D B2 R F2 U R' B2 R2 L2 D2 R2 L F2 B U' R2 - 3
B2 D' L2 F' L2 B' D2 L2 F L2 B U' F' L D2 R2 U' R2 F' - 4
U L D' R U R2 F2 D' R2 U' R2 F R2 B' D U' B' F' - 5
U' R' B' R' U' F2 B R' D' F L2 B' U2 L2 F2 L2 D' B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
58 competitors- Aayush Sahu
- Abby Newlander
- Aileen Vo
- Anders Arnsten
- August Barnard
- Cassius Rainey
- Cody Tran
- Colvin Davis
- Dakshinesh Prakash
- Daxton Westlake
- Dominic Shoji
- Dylan Govic
- Dylan Trueblood
- Eli Krongold
- Eric Jingze Dai (戴竞择)
- Eric Yang
- Erick Patino
- Ethan Hermanson
- Evander J. Lawson
- Gregory Kotoyan
- Hayden Bloomer
- Henry Helmuth
- Henry Nguyen
- Isaac Delgado
- Ishaan Hary
- Jace Mende
- Jackson Stempke
- Jacob Antonio
- Jeeyule Kim
- Joel Kim
- Justin Wang
- Kellan Bloomer
- Kiaan Bansal
- Kierran Leavitt
- Kyrstn Hall
- Landon Livesay
- Levi Maloney
- Liv Coverdale
- Logan Govic
- Luca Roman Fazio
- Luke Dyke
- Maria Vladi
- Matthew Dickman
- Nathan Matcha
- Nitin Kumar (நிதின் குமார்)
- Parker Rosenberg
- Phillip Mai
- Ruby Lu (卢红)
- Ryan Morrison
- Santino Signorile
- Shane Grogan
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
- Shiloh D'Espyne
- Taran Wadhera
- Timothy Zhang (张学义)
- Vivaan Wadhera
- Wilson Li (李超雄)
- Yaani Shah
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.