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Westview Cubing Favorites 2023

San Diego, California · 27 May 2023 · 12 events · 141 competitors · 144 personal bests

Max Park won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) by 0.29 seconds. 141 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Santino Signorile took a Pyraminx single of 11.36 down to 5.79, 49 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.29s

closest final — Pyraminx, Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) over Elijah Brown

144

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.69	5.84
2×2	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	1.35	1.75
4×4	Max Park	21.07	23.14
5×5	Max Park	37.30	40.34
6×6	Paul Mahvi	1:28.26	1:32.98
7×7	Nevign Angelique Besas	2:39.94	2:49.78
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	7.53	9.75
Clock	Ryan Fong	4.04	5.33
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	34.63	35.74
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.89	2.59
Skewb	Vinícius Shaw	3.81	4.25
Square-1	Wang Ma (马旺)	5.96	7.79

The PB harvest

144 set · 37 still standing

Loreto Jiménez García — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jihu Mun (문지후) — 7×7 single 2:42.57: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Isaac Nuon — 4×4 single 34.53: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Alan Perez — 3×3 one-handed single 14.16: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Eric Yang — 6×6 single 1:49.61: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Thomas Valles — Megaminx single 57.94: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Timothy Zhang (张学义) — 4×4 single 39.35: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Josiah Liao — Square-1 single 13.57: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

141 competitors · 518 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. Max Park won it with a 5.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.