Competitions · United States

Utah Valley Open 2023

Spanish Fork, Utah · 9 September 2023 · 4 events · 106 competitors · 75 personal bests

Ray Bai won four of the four events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ray Bai by 1.87 seconds. 106 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Clyde Hanks took a 3×3 single of 28.65 down to 16.44, 43 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Ray Bai — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, Megaminx

1.87s

closest final — 3×3, Ray Bai over Canyon Pettitt

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ray Bai	5.61	7.15
5×5	Ray Bai	45.40	51.20
6×6	Ray Bai	1:35.85	1:40.76
Megaminx	Ray Bai	33.17	37.71

The PB harvest

75 set · 28 still standing

Hudson Rockwell Bertola — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jacob Zook — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Ryder Monfredi — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Gage Osborn — 3×3 single 11.41: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Hamilton Lavin — 5×5 single 1:12.38: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Joshua Nielsen — 3×3 single 12.36: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Nate Robins — 3×3 single 12.85: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Trenton Nelson — Megaminx single 1:16.00: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

106 competitors · 358 results · 4 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. Ray Bai won it with a 7.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.