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Welcome to Olympia 2023

Olympia, Washington · 29 April 2023 · 5 events · 125 competitors · 100 personal bests

Max Siauw won two of the five events (2×2, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.05 seconds. 125 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kaleb Peltola took a 2×2 single of 7.44 down to 2.38, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Siauw — 2×2, Square-1

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Sameer Aggarwal over Max Siauw

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sameer Aggarwal	6.48	6.61
2×2	Max Siauw	1.33	1.96
Megaminx	Ethan Davis	33.55	35.48
Skewb	Eli Kirk	2.61	3.77
Square-1	Max Siauw	5.11	5.90

The PB harvest

100 set · 22 still standing

Jieming Xu — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Oliver Banks — 3×3 single 11.49: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Tharan Sivakumar — 2×2 single 3.35: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Felix Luo — 3×3 single 13.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Oliver Banks — 2×2 single 3.51: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
Tyler Pansoy — 3×3 single 14.80: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
Oliver Banks — Square-1 single 18.77: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Tyler Pansoy — 2×2 single 4.18: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

125 competitors · 536 results · 5 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 6.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.