Competitions · United States

Utah Snowball Bash 2023

Salt Lake City, Utah · 16 December 2023 · 6 events · 130 competitors · 111 personal bests

Eric Pesci won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Eric Pesci by 0.02 seconds. 130 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Walter Redd took a 2×2 single of 8.63 down to 4.08, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Eric Pesci — 3×3, 2×2

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Eric Pesci over Peter Augustine

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eric Pesci	7.19	7.79
2×2	Eric Pesci	1.69	2.19
5×5	Ty Baird	57.01	59.77
7×7	Ty Baird	2:19.11	2:33.29
3×3 blindfolded	Jared Blanco	26.53	—
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	6.80	7.04

The PB harvest

111 set · 33 still standing

Graham Kaplan — 3×3 single 9.21: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Jared Blanco — 3×3 single 9.24: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Max Fairbanks — Square-1 single 10.81: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Rigby C. Tippets — 3×3 single 10.55: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Job Harvell — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Nathan P. Johnson — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Peter Augustine — Square-1 single 14.31: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Skye Bateman — Square-1 single 15.33: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

130 competitors · 549 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. Eric Pesci won it with a 7.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.