Competitions · United States

Utah Ice Cubing 2023

Provo, Utah · 28 January 2023 · 5 events · 102 competitors · 116 personal bests

Eric Pesci won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Eric Pesci by 0.16 seconds. 102 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eli Fountain took a Skewb single of 36.62 down to 12.98, 65 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Eric Pesci — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6

0.16s

closest final — 6×6, Eric Pesci over Cade Beck

116

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eric Pesci	8.17	9.63
4×4	Eric Pesci	31.97	33.84
6×6	Eric Pesci	1:57.29	2:11.16
3×3 one-handed	Canyon Pettitt	10.09	15.67
Skewb	Canyon Pettitt	3.15	3.88

The PB harvest

116 set · 35 still standing

Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙) — 4×4 single 31.87: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Andrew Wooten — 4×4 single 33.10: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Grant Alan Cooper — 3×3 single 9.69: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Samantha Ricks — 3×3 single 10.19: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ty Jones — 3×3 single 11.26: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Micah Barfield — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Bladen Howland — 3×3 single 12.39: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Ziyang Chi — 3×3 single 12.66: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

102 competitors · 449 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. Eric Pesci won it with a 9.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.