Competitions · Canada

Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023

Waterloo, Ontario · 1 October 2023 · 12 events · 104 competitors · 113 personal bests

Ryan Wu won two of the twelve events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Andrew Mao by 0.03 seconds. 104 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tyson Szabo took a 2×2 single of 6.90 down to 2.71, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ryan Wu — 3×3, Square-1

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Andrew Mao over Arhaan Sareen

113

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Wu	6.38	6.79
2×2	Andrew Mao	0.92	1.53
4×4	Morgan Yeh	23.24	27.63
5×5	Arhaan Sareen	47.62	49.47
6×6	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	1:30.73	1:31.76
7×7	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	2:11.08	2:13.65
3×3 one-handed	Stanley Wang	10.37	12.23
Clock	Lucas Nieuwland	4.90	5.58
Megaminx	Arhaan Sareen	40.02	44.29
Pyraminx	Ezra Shere	1.26	1.87
Skewb	Nicholas Patterson	2.44	3.24
Square-1	Ryan Wu	7.84	10.64

The PB harvest

113 set · 50 still standing

Jeriel James Thomas — 4×4 single 24.77: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Erika Walker — Pyraminx single 2.43: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ryan Wu — Square-1 single 7.84: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Heyning Quong — Square-1 single 8.22: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Erika Walker — Skewb single 2.75: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Peter Charbonneau — Square-1 single 8.85: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Sarah Strong — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Ben Madison — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

104 competitors · 470 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. Ryan Wu won it with a 6.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.