CubingUSA Nationals 2023
- Date
- Jul 27 - 30, 2023
- City
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd
- Details
Hall C
- Website
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Calvin Nielson, CubingUSA Nationals Organization Team, CubingUSA Treasurer, James Hildreth, Kian Barry, Matthew Dickman, Michael Young, Shelley Chang, Stephen Griggs, Tim Reynolds, Walker Welch, and Zachary Garber
- WCA Delegates
- Blake Thompson, Calvin Nielson, Carter Kucala, Evan Liu, Jacob Ambrose, James Hildreth, Kit Clement, Lauren Clement, Matthew Dickman, Michael Young, Sarah Strong, Tim Reynolds, and Walker Welch
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
We're pleased to announce the sixteenth US National Championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Please see our competition website for full details.
Please note that all events have qualification times. Only competitors who have achieved these times in other WCA competitions will be able to register. See the events page and the qualification page on our website for full details.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 1028
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 1:00 AM UTC and closed Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 1200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $140 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Max Park won with an average of 5.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Luke Garrett finished second (6.03) and Kyle Santucci finished third (6.19).
World records: Max Park 5x5x5 Cube 32.88 (single); Patrick Ponce 3x3x3 One-Handed 8.65 (average); Tommy Cherry Clock 3.50 (average).
African records: Rafik Eskandar Square-1 9.44 (average).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Max Park | 4.95 | 5.52 | United States | 4.95 | 5.00 | 5.34 | 6.64 | 6.21 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 0.79 | 1.23 | United States | 0.79 | 1.45 | 0.99 | 1.43 | 1.28 | |||
4x4x4 Cube | Max Park | 20.09 | 21.60 | United States | 20.09 | 22.26 | 23.70 | 21.82 | 20.71 | |||
5x5x5 Cube | Max Park | 32.88 | WR | 40.48 | United States | 40.65 | 41.76 | 42.67 | 39.02 | 32.88 | ||
6x6x6 Cube | Max Park | 1:05.22 | 1:09.11 | United States | 1:06.46 | 1:05.22 | 1:15.66 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube | Max Park | 1:44.89 | 1:47.05 | United States | 1:48.54 | 1:47.72 | 1:44.89 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded | Tommy Cherry | 13.23 | 15.12 | United States | 14.71 | 17.43 | 13.23 | |||||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Alexei Sinyavin | 21 | 22.00 | United States | 21 | 24 | 21 | |||||
Owen Widdis | 21 | 22.00 | United States | 22 | 23 | 21 | ||||||
3x3x3 One-Handed | Max Park | 8.95 | 9.25 | United States | 9.12 | 9.19 | 9.60 | 9.43 | 8.95 | |||
Clock | Tommy Cherry | 3.27 | 3.50 | WR | United States | 3.29 | 3.86 | 3.27 | 3.36 | DNF | ||
Megaminx | Nicolas Naing | 27.49 | 29.74 | United States | 32.07 | 29.50 | 29.63 | 30.10 | 27.49 | |||
Pyraminx | Michael Nielsen | 1.61 | 1.93 | United States | 1.61 | 1.88 | 3.32 | 2.21 | 1.70 | |||
Skewb | Simon Kellum | 1.99 | 2.36 | United States | 1.99 | 8.06 | 2.66 | 2.43 | 1.99 | |||
Square-1 | Sameer Aggarwal | 4.84 | 5.68 | United States | 7.36 | 4.84 | 5.81 | 6.03 | 5.20 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Stanley Chapel | 1:16.32 | 1:20.03 | United States | 1:18.81 | 1:24.96 | 1:16.32 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Stanley Chapel | 2:42.17 | DNF | United States | 2:51.96 | 2:42.17 | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Graham Siggins | 54/60 1:00:02 | United States | 54/60 1:00:02 | 49/64 1:00:00 |
Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed | Qualification |
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3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 400 advance to next round | Average under 40.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | ||
Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 400 advance to next round | Average under 10.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | ||
Semi Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
4x4x4 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 1:00.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
5x5x5 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 1:40.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
6x6x6 Cube | First round | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | Average under 3:00.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
7x7x7 Cube | First round | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | Average under 4:00.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Final | Mo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 60 advance to next round | Single solve under 2:00.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | Top 100 by average by 2023-06-01 | |
3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 30.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
Clock | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 15.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
Megaminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 1:30.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 15.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
Skewb | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 15.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
Square-1 | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 100 advance to next round | Average under 25.00 by 2023-06-01 |
Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 20 advance to next round | ||
Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | Single solve under 10:00.00 by 2023-06-01 | |
5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 45:00.00 cumulative* | Single solve under 20:00.00 by 2023-06-01 | |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo2 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 | Top 50 by single by 2023-06-01 |
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.
Qualification
Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set on or before Jun 1, 2023.