Competitions · United States

You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023

Phoenix, Arizona · 15 April 2023 · 4 events · 105 competitors · 65 personal bests

Max Park won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 2.79 seconds. 105 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Peter Hendricks took a 3×3 single of 48.14 down to 17.89, 63 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

2.79s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Dan Tran

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.87	5.42
3×3 blindfolded	Mason Langenderfer	44.05	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	7.08	8.86
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mason Langenderfer	13 of 17 cubes · 51:59	—

The PB harvest

65 set · 23 still standing

Misael Aguilar Castro — 3×3 single 10.11: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Caleb Keneth Meyer — 3×3 single 12.09: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Asandro Otero — 3×3 single 12.15: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Stefan Uzelac — 3×3 single 13.33: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Austin Buszka — 3×3 single 14.10: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Colt Gunsolley — 3×3 one-handed single 20.86: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
Ezra Clarke — 3×3 single 14.81: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Cole Anthony Reid — 3×3 single 15.83: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 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

105 competitors · 415 results · 4 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 5.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.