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Competitions · United States

Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023

Las Vegas, Nevada · 17 June 2023 · 6 events · 132 competitors · 130 personal bests

Dan Tran won three of the six events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dan Tran by 0.05 seconds. 132 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maddox Hutfilz took a 4×4 single of 3:20.40 down to 1:16.81, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Dan Tran — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Dan Tran over Benjamin Gottschalk
130
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Marcus Kamen8.118.66
2×2Dan Tran2.203.19
4×4Dan Tran27.1930.47
3×3 one-handedDan Tran12.7814.07
PyraminxMarcus Kamen1.842.64
Square-1Benjamin Gottschalk6.377.02

The PB harvest

130 set · 45 still standing
  • Benjamin Gottschalk — Square-1 single 4.14: into the top 0.051% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Tan — 3×3 single 5.68: into the top 0.32% of the event's history.
  • Prajith Senthil Kumar — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Kason Namvong — 3×3 single 8.47: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Soberano — Pyraminx single 3.04: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Dan Tran — Square-1 single 8.98: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Robert J. Trejo — 3×3 single 9.71: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Soren Brumbach — 3×3 single 10.14: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 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

132 competitors · 572 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. Marcus Kamen won it with a 8.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

132 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.