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 and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until 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).
3x3x3 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 4.95 | 5.52 | United States | 4.95 | 5.00 | 5.34 | 6.64 | 6.21 | |||
2 | Luke Garrett | 5.60 | 6.03 | United States | 5.87 | 5.60 | 5.94 | 6.62 | 6.29 | |||
3 | Kyle Santucci | 5.08 | 6.19 | Canada | 6.20 | 5.08 | 6.18 | 6.18 | 6.88 |
2x2x2 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zayn Khanani | 0.79 | 1.23 | United States | 0.79 | 1.45 | 0.99 | 1.43 | 1.28 | |||
2 | Michael Nielsen | 0.90 | 1.55 | United States | 0.90 | 1.55 | 1.48 | 1.84 | 1.62 | |||
3 | Luke Van Laningham | 0.97 | 1.59 | United States | 0.97 | 1.74 | 1.31 | 1.73 | DNF |
4x4x4 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 20.09 | 21.60 | United States | 20.09 | 22.26 | 23.70 | 21.82 | 20.71 | |||
2 | Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 21.37 | 23.55 | Republic of Korea | 23.37 | 21.37 | 24.24 | 26.02 | 23.04 | |||
3 | Patrick Ponce | 23.85 | 24.71 | United States | 23.85 | 25.80 | 28.61 | 23.88 | 24.44 |
5x5x5 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 32.88 | WR | 40.48 | United States | 40.65 | 41.76 | 42.67 | 39.02 | 32.88 | ||
2 | Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 37.01 | 42.03 | Republic of Korea | 41.52 | 37.01 | 40.36 | 44.22 | 45.27 | |||
3 | Patrick Ponce | 39.88 | 43.95 | United States | 39.88 | 46.74 | 47.67 | 42.64 | 42.47 |
6x6x6 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Park | 1:05.22 | 1:09.11 | United States | 1:06.46 | 1:05.22 | 1:15.66 | |||||
2 | Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 1:14.43 | 1:19.46 | Republic of Korea | 1:24.83 | 1:19.13 | 1:14.43 | |||||
3 | Kevin Hays | 1:21.08 | 1:24.73 | United States | 1:21.08 | 1:30.73 | 1:22.38 |
7x7x7 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 1:44.89 | 1:47.05 | United States | 1:48.54 | 1:47.72 | 1:44.89 | |||||
2 | Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) | 1:59.81 | 2:04.57 | Republic of Korea | 2:00.68 | 2:13.23 | 1:59.81 | |||||
3 | Benjamin Wei | 2:04.64 | 2:10.56 | United States | 2:04.64 | 2:13.67 | 2:13.37 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Tommy Cherry | 13.23 | 15.12 | United States | 14.71 | 17.43 | 13.23 | |||||
2 | Stanley Chapel | 16.15 | DNF | United States | DNF | 19.86 | 16.15 | |||||
3 | Liam Chen | 16.20 | 18.87 | United States | 19.18 | 21.23 | 16.20 |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Owen Widdis | 21 | 22.00 | United States | 22 | 23 | 21 | |||||
1 | Alexei Sinyavin | 21 | 22.00 | United States | 21 | 24 | 21 | |||||
3 | Christopher Chi | 21 | 22.67 | United States | 22 | 25 | 21 |
3x3x3 One-Handed
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 8.95 | 9.25 | United States | 9.12 | 9.19 | 9.60 | 9.43 | 8.95 | |||
2 | Patrick Ponce | 8.19 | 10.04 | United States | DNF | 9.76 | 10.04 | 10.32 | 8.19 | |||
3 | Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横) | 9.38 | 10.19 | China | 10.93 | 12.00 | 10.11 | 9.53 | 9.38 |
Clock
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Tommy Cherry | 3.27 | 3.50 | WR | United States | 3.29 | 3.86 | 3.27 | 3.36 | DNF | ||
2 | Caleb Trelford | 3.64 | 4.08 | United States | 5.06 | 4.31 | 3.64 | 3.79 | 4.13 | |||
3 | Brendyn Dunagan | 3.19 | 4.16 | United States | 5.40 | 3.24 | 4.48 | 4.76 | 3.19 |
Megaminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Nicolas Naing | 27.49 | 29.74 | United States | 32.07 | 29.50 | 29.63 | 30.10 | 27.49 | |||
2 | Alexei Sinyavin | 29.83 | 31.41 | United States | 30.60 | 32.73 | 29.83 | 35.12 | 30.91 | |||
3 | Heewon Seo | 32.41 | 33.63 | United States | 33.81 | 32.51 | 35.82 | 32.41 | 34.56 |
Pyraminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Nielsen | 1.61 | 1.93 | United States | 1.61 | 1.88 | 3.32 | 2.21 | 1.70 | |||
2 | Keon Wilson | 1.91 | 2.13 | United States | 2.05 | 1.91 | 8.23 | 2.12 | 2.23 | |||
3 | Kyle Meade | 1.72 | 2.21 | United States | 1.82 | 2.72 | 2.09 | 3.36 | 1.72 |
Skewb
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Simon Kellum | 1.99 | 2.36 | United States | 1.99 | 8.06 | 2.66 | 2.43 | 1.99 | |||
2 | Carter Kucala | 2.14 | 2.38 | United States | 2.58 | 2.14 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 2.57 | |||
3 | Zayn Khanani | 1.82 | 2.69 | United States | 4.04 | 3.03 | 2.29 | 2.76 | 1.82 |
Square-1
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Sameer Aggarwal | 4.84 | 5.68 | United States | 7.36 | 4.84 | 5.81 | 6.03 | 5.20 | |||
2 | Max Siauw | 5.24 | 5.68 | United States | 7.30 | 5.85 | 5.56 | 5.62 | 5.24 | |||
3 | Daniel Karnaukh | 5.25 | 5.81 | United States | 6.07 | 16.23 | 5.50 | 5.86 | 5.25 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Stanley Chapel | 1:16.32 | 1:20.03 | United States | 1:18.81 | 1:24.96 | 1:16.32 | |||||
2 | Tommy Cherry | 1:35.75 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:35.75 | DNF | |||||
3 | Graham Siggins | 1:56.37 | 2:14.61 | United States | 2:18.61 | 2:28.85 | 1:56.37 |
5x5x5 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Stanley Chapel | 2:42.17 | DNF | United States | 2:51.96 | 2:42.17 | DNF | |||||
2 | Graham Siggins | 3:56.51 | 4:02.05 | United States | 4:01.56 | 4:08.07 | 3:56.51 | |||||
3 | Cale Schoon | 4:58.16 | 5:17.02 | United States | 4:58.16 | 5:18.53 | 5:34.36 |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Graham Siggins | 54/60 1:00:02 | United States | 54/60 1:00:02 | 49/64 1:00:00 | |||||||
2 | Stanley Chapel | 47/51 58:22 | United States | 47/51 58:22 | 43/51 59:59 | |||||||
3 | Tommy Cherry | 36/41 58:44 | United States | 36/41 1:00:00 | 36/41 58:44 |