Competitions · Canada

Waterloo Favourites B 2023

Waterloo, Ontario · 19 February 2023 · 12 events · 136 competitors · 131 personal bests

Leo Min-Bedford won four of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Leo Min-Bedford by 0.01 seconds. 136 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 60 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdullah Gulab set the Clock single national record: 9.52.

Four wins

Leo Min-Bedford — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Leo Min-Bedford over Ezra Shere

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Leo Min-Bedford	7.00	9.01
2×2	Max Kaloshi	2.71	3.27
4×4	Omar Ellabban	29.13	30.56
5×5	Omar Ellabban	47.42	53.73
6×6	Omar Ellabban	1:30.04	1:33.65
7×7	Omar Ellabban	2:22.29	2:31.45
3×3 one-handed	Leo Min-Bedford	14.75	18.06
Clock	Declan O'Leary	6.36	6.96
Megaminx	Ruichen Wang	57.03	1:09.94
Pyraminx	Leo Min-Bedford	2.05	2.86
Skewb	Leo Min-Bedford	2.42	2.58
Square-1	Ruichen Wang	15.73	18.23

The PB harvest

131 set · 60 still standing

Jennifer Yu — Pyraminx single 3.98: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Evan Facchini — Pyraminx single 4.09: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Paxton Badger — 3×3 single 10.57: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Guanlin Zhou — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Declan O'Leary — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Ruichen Wang — Clock single 7.79: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Jason Mueller — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Adrian Yasay — 3×3 single 12.47: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

136 competitors · 483 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. Leo Min-Bedford won it with a 9.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

136 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.