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Waterloo Favourites A 2023

Waterloo, Ontario · 18 February 2023 · 12 events · 143 competitors · 147 personal bests

Brennen Lin won two of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Stanley Wang by 0.04 seconds. 143 competitors produced 147 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) set the Megaminx single national record: 33.89.

Two wins

Brennen Lin — 3×3, 2×2

0.04s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Stanley Wang over Roan Paone

147

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brennen Lin	5.97	6.64
2×2	Brennen Lin	1.17	1.60
4×4	Morgan Yeh	25.82	29.53
5×5	Morgan Yeh	49.42	56.31
6×6	Ryan Wu	1:46.18	1:49.12
7×7	Ryan Wu	2:54.27	3:14.14
3×3 one-handed	Stanley Wang	10.62	11.95
Clock	Lucas Nieuwland	4.47	5.11
Megaminx	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	33.89	36.21
Pyraminx	Andrew Mao	1.97	2.48
Skewb	Nicholas Patterson	2.77	3.41
Square-1	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	8.88	10.03

The PB harvest

147 set · 37 still standing

Cillian Hughes — 3×3 single 7.99: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Mao — 3×3 one-handed single 12.00: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Ben Price — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Ocean Lee — 3×3 single 10.21: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Peter Charbonneau — 3×3 one-handed single 15.93: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ian Wei — 3×3 one-handed single 16.45: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Rafael Ayala-Morales — Pyraminx single 5.46: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Hudson Tranmer — Skewb single 4.77: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

143 competitors · 536 results · 12 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.