Competitions · United States

Virginia Championship 2023

Richmond, Virginia · 10 November 2023 · 17 events · 268 competitors · 538 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won six of the 17 events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Hassan Khanani by 0.13 seconds. 268 competitors produced 538 personal bests, 198 of which still stand today, and 65 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Stanley Chapel set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 2:04.41.

Six wins

Stanley Chapel — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Megaminx, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.13s

closest final — Clock, Hassan Khanani over Charles Jerome

538

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carson Widjaja	6.50	6.83
2×2	Zayn Khanani	0.71	1.20
4×4	Ari Randers-Pehrson	22.55	24.91
5×5	Ari Randers-Pehrson	49.06	52.01
6×6	Ari Randers-Pehrson	1:32.58	1:39.98
7×7	Ari Randers-Pehrson	2:34.83	2:42.55
3×3 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	16.14	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Stanley Chapel	25 moves	27.00
3×3 one-handed	Michael Nielsen	11.24	13.45
Clock	Hassan Khanani	5.37	5.71
Megaminx	Stanley Chapel	43.84	46.71
Pyraminx	Michael Nielsen	1.32	1.54
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.51	2.04
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	6.33	6.76
4×4 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	59.21	—
5×5 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	2:04.41	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Stanley Chapel	46 of 52 cubes · 59:16	—

The PB harvest

538 set · 198 still standing

Charles Jerome — 2×2 single 0.78: into the top 0.21% of the event's history.
Charles Jerome — Pyraminx single 1.75: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
William Klauer — Pyraminx single 1.93: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Will Callan — Pyraminx single 2.46: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Daniel Goodman — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Peter Didden — Pyraminx single 3.12: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Siddharth Suresh — Pyraminx single 3.42: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Joaquín Villablanca — Pyraminx single 3.49: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

65 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

268 competitors · 2232 results · 17 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. Carson Widjaja won it with a 6.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

268 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.