Competitions · Republic of Korea

Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023

인천광역시 (Incheon) · 12 August 2023 · 17 events · 1187 competitors · 1526 personal bests

Max Park won three of the 17 events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 0.01 seconds. 1187 competitors produced 1526 personal bests, 528 of which still stand today.

The moment

A world record

Hill Pong Yong Feng set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 2:18.78.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)

1526

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.54	5.31
2×2	Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)	0.82	1.34
4×4	Tymon Kolasiński	19.02	22.11
5×5	Max Park	36.43	40.11
6×6	Tymon Kolasiński	1:13.05	1:15.38
7×7	Max Park	1:41.44	1:46.75
3×3 blindfolded	Tommy Cherry	13.98	14.15
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jayden McNeill	22 moves	22.33
3×3 one-handed	Sean Patrick Villanueva	8.56	9.42
Clock	Tommy Cherry	2.97	3.75
Megaminx	Tristan Chua Yong	28.11	29.25
Pyraminx	Huining Huang (黄徽宁)	1.66	1.88
Skewb	Stanley Chapel	2.11	2.32
Square-1	Sameer Aggarwal	5.15	5.40
4×4 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:11.51	—
5×5 blindfolded	Hill Pong Yong Feng	2:18.78	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Krzysztof Bober	49 of 52 cubes · 59:19	—

The PB harvest

1526 set · 528 still standing

Kyle Santucci — 2×2 single 0.58: into the top 0.031% of the event's history.
Anthony Lafourcade — Skewb single 1.20: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
Alexey Tsvetkov — 2×2 single 0.71: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
George Scholey — Skewb single 1.40: into the top 0.32% of the event's history.
Simon Kellum — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 19 moves: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Chenglin Wang (王承霖) — Pyraminx single 1.70: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — Skewb single 1.92: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Shengze Tang (唐圣泽) — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

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Records watch

101 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

1187 competitors · 7952 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. Max Park won it with a 5.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

1,187 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.