Cubing Under the Northern Lights 2023

Date: Feb 4, 2023
City: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Venue: Pioneer Park
Address: 2300 Airport Way Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA
Details: Centennial Center Exhibit Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Benjamin Gottschalk and Pacific Northwest Cubing
WCA Delegates: Benjamin Gottschalk, Calvin Nielson, James Hildreth, and Nick Silvestri

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Competitors: 34

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Max Park won with an average of 5.16 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Benjamin Gottschalk finished second (9.54) and Harsha Paladugu finished third (11.12).

Allie Johnson - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	24	40.87	57.07	United States	1:00.44	40.87	59.96	50.82	DNF
	First round	24	37.44	44.75	United States	44.36	49.62	DNF	40.26	37.44
Pyraminx	First round	22	14.53	30.85	United States	35.18	25.13	1:26.22	14.53	32.24

Allie M. Brown - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	DNF		DNF		United States	DNF	DNF	DNS
Clock	Final	10	38.24				United States	38.24	DNF

Anthony Velasquez - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	32	51.34		1:26.02		United States	2:39.20	56.35	1:49.73	51.34	1:31.97
5x5x5 Cube	Final	15	DNF				United States	DNF	DNF

Benjamin Gottschalk - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	9.28	9.54	United States	9.28	9.46	9.36	10.75	9.80
	Second round	2	8.40	8.76	United States	8.64	8.40	8.64	9.01	9.14
	First round	2	7.96	8.96	United States	8.74	9.62	7.96	11.00	8.52
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	1:03.56	1:17.72	United States	1:20.87	1:23.39	1:12.06	1:20.22	1:03.56
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	5	3:12.70	DNF	United States	3:12.70	DNF	DNF
Clock	Final	4	7.86	8.85	United States	9.20	8.86	7.86	8.50	DNF
Megaminx	Final	1	49.54	52.80	United States	51.49	58.37	49.54	51.64	55.27
Pyraminx	Final	2	2.73	4.74	United States	3.64	2.73	5.34	5.25	7.17
	First round	2	4.71	6.24	United States	6.82	10.17	6.07	4.71	5.84
Skewb	Final	1	3.76	4.93	United States	4.18	5.22	7.41	5.38	3.76
Square-1	Final	2	6.36	8.80	United States	11.56	8.71	6.98	6.36	10.72
	First round	2	7.83	9.45	United States	7.83	11.25	10.49	8.10	9.77

Bradley Krupski - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Pyraminx	First round	23	41.29		59.00		United States	1:00.91	41.29	48.38	1:07.71	4:03.08

Calvin Nielson - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	11.03	12.32	United States	11.03	13.02	11.60	12.34	13.44
	Second round	6	10.50	12.57	United States	14.47	10.50	11.70	12.70	13.31
	First round	5	10.54	12.03	United States	11.57	13.69	13.79	10.54	10.82
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:24.75	1:31.73	United States	1:32.97	1:40.63	1:24.75	1:28.15	1:34.08
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	1:36.37	DNF	United States	DNF	1:36.37	DNF
Clock	Final	2	6.22	8.30	United States	6.22	8.37	13.04	8.40	8.14
Megaminx	Final	4	1:21.62	1:28.04	United States	1:35.27	1:23.93	1:24.92	1:39.45	1:21.62
Pyraminx	Final	4	6.02	7.25	United States	6.02	6.83	7.76	8.17	7.15
	First round	5	6.02	8.32	United States	10.57	6.02	8.86	9.95	6.15
Skewb	Final	3	4.11	6.69	United States	6.04	14.12	7.99	4.11	6.04
Square-1	Final	1	6.23	8.08	United States	8.85	9.04	7.95	6.23	7.45
	First round	1	5.91	7.54	United States	26.24	7.01	8.23	5.91	7.37

Cody Egeland - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	16	23.18	26.17	United States	24.51	27.84	23.18	27.96	26.16
	Second round	15	22.15	24.47	United States	22.15	23.96	27.83	26.90	22.56
	First round	17	24.98	29.16	United States	26.82	32.05	33.20	24.98	28.61
Clock	Final	11	39.64		United States	DNF	39.64
Megaminx	Final	9	2:55.90		United States	2:55.90	3:06.17
Pyraminx	Final	7	8.84	10.61	United States	8.89	13.29	8.84	11.62	11.31
	First round	11	11.36	15.12	United States	15.90	18.56	11.36	15.63	13.84
Skewb	Final	8	9.92	16.64	United States	9.92	19.40	18.27	14.87	16.78

Cooper Kotyk - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	20	32.86	37.10	United States	49.47	37.36	36.78	32.86	37.17
	First round	23	30.98	42.05	United States	55.90	40.09	48.19	37.87	30.98
Pyraminx	First round	18	14.96	20.23	United States	28.16	17.45	28.07	15.16	14.96

Dawn Latimer - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	15	19.82	22.75	United States	23.61	24.38	23.44	21.21	19.82
	Second round	16	19.95	26.14	United States	24.89	23.88	19.95	29.65	DNF
	First round	15	19.25	23.11	United States	19.25	DNF	23.45	24.02	21.87
5x5x5 Cube	Final	11	2:39.26	3:03.94	United States	2:49.82	2:53.07	3:33.59	3:28.92	2:39.26
Clock	Final	8	22.05	26.98	United States	30.47	27.93	25.34	22.05	27.67
Megaminx	Final	10	3:43.66		United States	3:43.66	DNF
Pyraminx	First round	20	13.22	22.47	United States	29.77	DNF	18.19	19.46	13.22
Skewb	Final	9	11.35	17.25	United States	11.35	14.80	DNF	14.18	22.76
Square-1	First round	9	51.18	DNF	United States	1:00.61	51.18	55.75	DNF	DNF

Dawson Johnson - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	52.47		57.10		United States	56.92	1:01.14	1:01.59	52.47	53.25

Drake Nailling - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	30	51.94		1:04.71		United States	1:08.97	1:12.69	52.47	DNF	51.94
Pyraminx	First round	17	14.40		19.87		United States	21.99	19.04	21.69	14.40	18.89

Finnegan Gillespie - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	17	26.73	29.27	United States	28.11	31.05	28.66	35.21	26.73
	First round	16	22.32	28.47	United States	22.32	30.40	30.01	25.00	34.26
Pyraminx	First round	24	13.78	DNF	United States	DNF	22.03	39.37	13.78	DNF
Skewb	Final	12	12.01	25.85	United States	24.10	DNF	20.60	32.86	12.01

Harsha Paladugu - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	9.28	11.12	United States	11.01	10.89	11.45	9.28	13.00
	Second round	3	8.14	10.20	United States	8.88	8.14	10.31	11.40	14.62
	First round	3	10.75	11.91	United States	10.79	10.75	12.08	12.87	17.29
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	1:23.60	1:39.25	United States	1:38.49	1:57.52	1:23.60	1:26.86	1:52.40
Clock	Final	1	6.51	8.12	United States	9.25	6.51	6.86	8.25	9.89
Megaminx	Final	3	1:16.86	1:19.89	United States	1:25.54	1:18.08	1:23.45	1:16.86	1:18.15
Pyraminx	Final	1	1.76	2.12	United States	2.69	2.02	2.40	1.76	1.93
	First round	1	2.01	4.03	United States	3.15	2.01	5.25	3.86	5.09
Skewb	Final	4	5.00	7.48	United States	5.00	10.19	7.69	5.77	8.99
Square-1	Final	5	14.13	20.71	United States	21.70	24.42	17.94	14.13	22.48
	First round	6	17.18	22.39	United States	17.31	17.18	30.92	DNF	18.94

James Hildreth - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	10.18	11.61	United States	12.54	11.26	10.18	11.02	12.67
	Second round	5	10.06	11.18	United States	11.10	13.65	10.91	11.54	10.06
	First round	6	10.18	12.11	United States	10.18	15.98	10.71	11.93	13.69
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	1:03.04	1:09.60	United States	1:14.03	1:12.89	1:11.27	1:03.04	1:04.65
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	1:27.05	DNF	United States	1:27.05	DNF	DNF
Clock	Final	6	11.65	13.39	United States	12.62	15.19	13.19	11.65	14.36
Megaminx	Final	6	1:26.14	1:38.03	United States	1:41.64	1:26.14	1:45.04	1:35.49	1:36.96
Pyraminx	Final	5	6.78	8.74	United States	9.09	8.89	9.40	8.25	6.78
	First round	6	5.97	9.52	United States	12.35	12.51	7.96	5.97	8.24
Skewb	Final	5	5.39	8.56	United States	5.39	12.80	9.22	6.49	9.98
Square-1	Final	4	12.96	18.31	United States	18.78	20.09	16.16	12.96	19.98
	First round	4	14.36	16.64	United States	15.78	17.86	16.27	45.39	14.36

Jayden Mitchell - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	10.83	11.61	United States	12.08	10.83	11.78	11.28	11.76
	Second round	4	9.49	10.85	United States	11.77	9.92	9.49	13.84	10.86
	First round	7	11.46	12.24	United States	11.88	13.27	11.46	13.63	11.56
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:20.69	1:31.59	United States	1:28.86	1:40.91	1:31.90	1:20.69	1:34.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	3	2:13.78	DNF	United States	DNF	4:18.54	2:13.78
Clock	Final	3	7.13	8.62	United States	10.14	8.55	7.97	9.34	7.13
Megaminx	Final	2	1:10.11	1:10.76	United States	1:10.11	1:10.47	1:10.19	1:11.62	1:12.84
Pyraminx	Final	6	5.03	9.44	United States	8.93	5.03	8.43	12.22	10.95
	First round	3	5.59	7.14	United States	8.56	5.59	7.16	5.69	10.35
Skewb	Final	6	4.81	8.65	United States	DNF	9.46	6.52	9.96	4.81
Square-1	Final	6	21.85	DNF	United States	32.39	DNF	21.85	DNF	DNS
	First round	5	17.39	19.85	United States	31.58	20.34	19.32	19.89	17.39

Judah Galen Brueckner - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	25	32.92		45.35		United States	1:00.24	42.67	45.83	47.54	32.92

Kayden Isaac - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	12	14.38	17.64	United States	25.99	20.14	14.38	17.24	15.54
	Second round	11	15.08	18.45	United States	21.38	19.71	16.73	15.08	18.90
	First round	13	15.79	19.67	United States	19.96	18.61	20.43	21.81	15.79
Pyraminx	First round	21	19.34	24.12	United States	26.23	22.95	19.34	23.17	50.20

Kevin Titarenko - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	14	18.78	22.39	United States	23.18	22.70	21.30	18.78	30.16
	Second round	13	15.77	20.04	United States	27.52	18.98	21.00	20.13	15.77
	First round	12	17.94	19.20	United States	17.94	24.60	18.16	18.91	20.53

Kylie Cecchini - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	26	39.99		48.60		United States	41.33	50.96	39.99	53.50	58.83

Lichen Edwards - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	21	30.30	38.21	United States	30.30	41.94	36.89	35.81	42.44
	First round	19	26.83	32.96	United States	29.31	41.42	31.00	38.57	26.83
5x5x5 Cube	Final	14	4:43.01		United States	DNF	4:43.01
Pyraminx	First round	14	12.67	18.27	United States	19.77	20.01	15.02	12.67	DNF
Skewb	Final	11	17.37	21.23	United States	17.37	19.37	40.35	17.89	26.44

Lucas Bennett - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	29	45.50		1:03.85		United States	1:06.27	1:44.34	1:11.45	45.50	53.82
Pyraminx	First round	16	12.32		19.78		United States	19.54	22.20	12.32	18.89	20.91

Lucas Guilamo - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	13	17.72	21.52	United States	24.24	21.98	23.01	19.58	17.72
	Second round	14	19.51	22.29	United States	26.14	24.82	22.03	20.02	19.51
	First round	14	19.59	20.93	United States	21.42	21.50	19.86	21.72	19.59
Pyraminx	Final	11	12.42	12.76	United States	12.47	13.29	12.53	15.13	12.42
	First round	10	12.44	14.91	United States	18.85	15.83	14.31	12.44	14.59

Luke Johnson - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	12.79	14.34	United States	23.17	13.25	13.63	16.15	12.79
	Second round	10	12.36	15.77	United States	18.38	20.12	12.54	16.39	12.36
	First round	10	12.60	14.77	United States	23.29	17.62	13.28	13.40	12.60
5x5x5 Cube	Final	9	2:09.48	2:19.58	United States	2:37.25	3:08.76	2:11.38	2:10.12	2:09.48
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNS	DNS
Pyraminx	Final	9	9.34	11.90	United States	11.74	11.81	9.34	12.55	12.15
	First round	7	7.84	10.26	United States	10.07	7.84	9.34	12.80	11.38
Square-1	First round	7	31.38	41.22	United States	31.38	55.39	41.38	32.36	49.93

Mason McMilin - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	18	26.12	32.41	United States	26.12	32.53	32.73	44.82	31.97
	First round	20	30.33	34.93	United States	30.33	33.81	38.22	35.60	35.39
5x5x5 Cube	Final	13	4:29.85		United States	4:29.85	DNF
Clock	Final	9	29.73	DNF	United States	29.73	34.03	DNF	42.31	DNF
Megaminx	Final	8	2:53.19		United States	DNF	2:53.19
Pyraminx	Final	8	7.74	11.25	United States	7.74	11.29	10.31	12.16	DNF
	First round	9	9.38	11.36	United States	12.13	10.70	14.39	9.38	11.26
Skewb	Final	13	17.51	35.95	United States	33.83	50.80	23.22	17.51	DNF

Max Park - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	4.99	5.16	United States	5.04	5.04	4.99	5.66	5.40
	Second round	1	4.92	5.44	United States	5.48	4.92	5.16	5.67	6.23
	First round	1	4.56	5.78	United States	6.83	5.95	6.09	4.56	5.29
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	37.48	39.09	United States	37.48	38.23	38.71	40.33	41.02

Max St. Amand - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	22	34.47	39.73	United States	40.04	39.02	34.47	40.12	41.15
	First round	21	38.63	39.84	United States	38.63	41.14	41.33	39.56	38.81
Pyraminx	First round	15	15.33	18.88	United States	36.97	17.00	20.18	19.47	15.33

Micah Zion Bruckner - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	12.02	13.52	United States	12.48	13.14	12.02	14.95	15.93
	Second round	7	11.66	12.68	United States	11.74	12.86	14.23	13.44	11.66
	First round	8	11.21	13.17	United States	12.30	15.55	11.65	11.21	23.81
5x5x5 Cube	Final	10	2:19.73	2:42.56	United States	2:19.73	2:32.21	2:56.55	2:38.93	3:38.18
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNS
Pyraminx	First round	13	12.91	17.64	United States	21.14	12.95	18.83	12.91	22.22
Skewb	Final	10	13.28	19.63	United States	17.75	13.28	20.70	24.72	20.44

Michael Kier Doxey - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	11	15.75	16.10	United States	15.89	15.75	16.00	16.41	17.84
	Second round	12	16.73	18.56	United States	21.09	16.73	17.43	17.15	22.80
	First round	11	16.65	17.95	United States	17.55	16.65	24.45	18.34	17.96
5x5x5 Cube	Final	12	3:22.60		United States	3:55.03	3:22.60
Pyraminx	First round	19	13.55	20.26	United States	20.50	13.55	16.96	25.44	23.33

Nick Silvestri - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	11.38	13.99	United States	12.76	13.84	15.38	16.41	11.38
	Second round	9	12.72	14.32	United States	16.08	13.22	13.67	16.35	12.72
	First round	9	10.79	14.19	United States	14.56	14.02	15.69	13.99	10.79
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	1:35.38	1:42.18	United States	1:39.49	1:42.52	1:44.53	1:48.74	1:35.38
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNF
Clock	Final	7	16.56	21.71	United States	DNF	22.65	16.56	24.60	17.88
Megaminx	Final	7	1:55.18	2:19.53	United States	2:25.56	2:22.51	2:26.16	2:10.52	1:55.18
Pyraminx	Final	10	8.31	11.95	United States	9.19	10.49	8.31	26.75	16.16
	First round	8	10.17	11.21	United States	11.44	10.17	12.08	11.14	11.06
Skewb	Final	7	9.70	14.75	United States	9.70	16.16	14.31	17.42	13.78
Square-1	First round	8	27.84	1:10.93	United States	1:55.19	27.84	1:25.36	1:28.79	38.65

Peter Preston - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	10.64	11.57	United States	11.47	11.62	12.57	10.64	11.63
	Second round	8	12.71	13.31	United States	12.71	12.85	13.77	13.38	13.69
	First round	4	11.22	11.91	United States	11.24	14.39	11.77	12.72	11.22
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:29.22	1:35.99	United States	1:37.44	1:51.43	1:30.11	1:40.43	1:29.22
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	4	2:27.89	DNF	United States	2:27.89	2:33.50	DNF
Clock	Final	5	10.06	11.20	United States	10.52	11.99	10.06	11.08	DNF
Megaminx	Final	5	1:15.49	1:36.07	United States	1:38.39	1:15.49	1:38.03	1:31.78	1:46.75
Pyraminx	Final	3	3.68	5.99	United States	5.63	3.68	10.10	5.40	6.94
	First round	4	6.55	7.74	United States	8.40	7.80	6.55	7.02	17.84
Skewb	Final	2	4.13	5.41	United States	4.99	5.48	7.13	5.76	4.13
Square-1	Final	3	11.88	13.57	United States	14.58	13.92	11.88	16.43	12.21
	First round	3	10.29	13.70	United States	10.29	15.87	13.91	13.38	13.82

Quinton J. M. Ohman - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	42.52		49.56		United States	1:02.95	42.52	48.14	54.06	46.48

Rohn Allison - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	23	38.53	42.02	United States	48.20	42.63	38.96	44.46	38.53
	First round	22	34.23	40.92	United States	1:04.77	40.95	45.68	36.12	34.23
Pyraminx	Final	12	7.77	15.38	United States	15.52	16.11	7.77	DNF	14.51
	First round	12	12.09	16.31	United States	19.40	13.78	19.50	12.09	15.76

Triston Wall - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	31	1:03.88		1:18.06		United States	1:05.87	1:21.81	1:26.49	1:32.47	1:03.88

Zion Johnson - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Second round	19	32.66		35.54		United States	1:03.17	33.00	34.77	38.86	32.66
	First round	18	26.76		29.73		United States	33.05	41.90	26.76	28.01	28.12