CubingUSA Western Championship 2023


Date
Jun 30 - Jul 2, 2023
City
Berkeley, California, United States
Venue

UC Berkeley

Address
2495 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA
Details

Pauley Ballroom, in the MLK Jr. Student Union

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Anto Kam (甘浩東), and Michael Chai (柴天方)
WCA Delegates
Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Draco Tong, Elijah Brown, Jason Ostdiek, Margot Audero, Matthew Dickman, Michael Chai (柴天方), Michael Larsen, Michael Young, Mitchell Lane, and Shelley Chang
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Information

West Coast Cubing

  • This competition is in partnership with West Coast Cubing LLC and CubersLive

  • CubersLive will be our main broadcast partner in live-streaming our event, as well as hosting our 3x3 finals head-to-head matchups!

  • The CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 will be held in Berkeley, California, on June 30 to July 2nd, 2023. Featuring 16 different events, Speedcubers from the CubingUSA-recognized West region of California, Hawaii, and Nevada will be eligibile for the title of Western Champion!

  • Tilden and Pauley Ballroom share the same address. Tilden is on the 5th floor and Pauley is on the 2nd floor.

Our schedule is subject to change based on the number of registrants for each event; please pay close attention throughout the open registration period to see if our schedule has been adjusted.

Competitors can bring 1 guest for free. There will be a $10 guest/spectator fee for any additional guests that we will accept payment over PayPal pre-competition or at the registration desk.

Events
Main event
Competitors
269
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Withdrawing Registration

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If you withdraw your registration after registration closes, you are eligible for a 50% refund on the condition that there is someone on the waitlist willing to take your spot. There will be no refunds issued on or after June 14th at 11:59pm PDT. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Highlights
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Max Park won with an average of 5.37 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Max Siauw finished second (6.45) and Sameer Aggarwal finished third (6.75).

World records: Max Park‎ 5x5x5 Cube 36.46 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 5.00 5.37 United States 5.605.005.416.065.09
2 Max Siauw 5.89 6.45 United States 6.865.896.478.196.01
3 Sameer Aggarwal 5.88 6.75 United States 7.577.606.395.886.30

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tommy Cherry 1.13 1.48 United States 1.602.651.411.441.13
2 Kyeongmin Choi 1.08 1.53 Republic of Korea 1.771.541.481.581.08
3 Sameer Aggarwal 1.27 1.61 United States 1.691.931.461.681.27

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 17.26 20.17 United States 20.8419.0622.7617.2620.60
2 Max Siauw 24.27 26.38 United States 28.0625.7629.4625.3224.27
3 Varun Mohanraj 24.14 27.83 United States 28.3526.6828.4631.3724.14

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 33.38 36.46 WR United States 34.7333.3838.4340.5636.23
2 Danny Sungin Park (박성인) 49.57 54.47 United States 57.0353.4349.5752.9658.07
3 Varun Mohanraj 50.17 54.91 United States 56.6850.171:00.0951.9356.11

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 1:10.32 1:11.30 United States 1:10.321:12.291:11.28
2 Max Siauw 1:32.48 1:34.69 United States 1:32.481:36.811:34.79
3 Paul Mahvi 1:32.15 1:39.52 United States 1:48.621:32.151:37.80

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 1:38.47 1:44.64 United States 1:38.471:40.281:55.18
2 Max Siauw 2:12.90 2:19.70 United States 2:21.732:24.472:12.90
3 Paul Mahvi 2:14.86 2:25.76 United States 2:14.862:38.332:24.08

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Elliott Kobelansky 13.34 DNF Canada DNF13.34DNF
2 Tommy Cherry 13.58 14.78 United States 13.5815.0615.69
3 Stanley Chapel 17.59 DNF United States DNF17.5920.51

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 8.76 9.60 United States 9.919.859.918.769.03
2 Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横) 6.92 9.81 China 10.5210.258.666.9211.32
3 Anto Kam (甘浩東) 9.36 11.35 Hong Kong, China 12.5010.669.3610.9712.41

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tommy Cherry 3.25 4.07 United States DNF3.253.785.113.33
2 Cameron Miller (梅克龍) 3.79 4.74 United States 4.535.125.833.794.58
3 Ryan Fong 4.24 4.92 United States 5.485.244.624.244.89

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kyeongmin Choi 29.32 32.76 Republic of Korea 32.5829.3234.6232.2933.40
2 Tommy Cherry 41.72 44.32 United States 45.7642.5741.7244.6347.83
3 Stanley Chapel 38.08 44.58 United States 38.0843.4341.9750.0948.35

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Elijah Brown 1.84 2.52 United States 2.002.541.844.103.01
2 Tommy Cherry 2.34 2.87 United States 3.172.613.292.342.83
3 Stanley Chapel 2.54 2.90 United States 5.112.543.142.972.58

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Stanley Chapel 1.67 2.52 United States 3.304.562.361.891.67
2 Jack Stewart 2.37 2.82 United States 3.182.372.782.932.74
3 Tommy Cherry 2.84 3.09 United States 3.003.032.844.233.24

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sameer Aggarwal 4.93 5.88 United States 5.715.154.936.787.58
2 Adrien Auvray Matyn 5.44 6.24 New Zealand 5.626.4812.016.615.44
3 Max Siauw 6.20 6.74 United States 6.696.208.916.866.68

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Graham Siggins 1:45.77 DNF United States 1:45.77DNFDNF
2 Tommy Cherry 3:12.83 DNF United States DNFDNF3:12.83
3 Kyeongmin Choi 5:08.14 DNF Republic of Korea 5:08.14DNFDNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tommy Cherry 7:26.43 DNF United States 7:26.43DNFDNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Graham Siggins 47/55 59:10 United States 35/55 1:00:0047/55 59:10
2 Stanley Chapel 43/51 59:23 United States 43/51 59:23DNS
3 Elliott Kobelansky 32/35 54:50 Canada 25/41 1:00:0032/35 54:50
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