WCA World Championship 2023

[OtaMota]

Reports of Mean are false, but Hill Pong did get WR single.

 

[fes_77]

WAIT THIS STARTED

 

[OtaMota]

WAIT THIS STARTED

yesterday, yeah, but stream started today

 

[cubenerd74]

Too bad Stanley didn't win 5bld. At least he won 4bld by a mile.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Too bad Stanley didn't win 5bld. At least he won 4bld by a mile.

I think Hill has proven himself the king of 5BLD, he probably could get WR average soon

 

[Celeritardum]

Didn't stanley almost get wr single for 5BLD but popped? Or is that also false rumor?

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

16 hours ahead for me. The events start at 5:30pm tonight and end at 12:30am here on the west coast. That's very do-able.

True, but I live on the East Coast meaning it is 8:30 pm to 3:30 am.
Still though staying up until midnight for 4 straight days is very difficult for me at least lol

 

[Anthonycube]

Does anybody know which countries will compete in the nations cup and what the format is (how it works. Because I’ve seen a few different ways it’s been run before)

 

[J41]

Feliks' OCR 5x5 average has been my personal highlight of this comp so far.

 

[pjk]

From Cubers Reddit:

World Championship 2023, Sat-Tues, Aug 12-15
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2023

https://wc2023.kccu.info/

This post will be updated with all records over the course of the comp.
With 1400 competitors representing 63 countries, this is the largest WCA competition ever, so I expect multiple records over the weekend. Put them all in one post so we don't clutter up the main sub.

Don't forget the time zone difference in Korea. They're in UTC+9.
WCA Live shows the comp schedule in your locations local time.

You can see all results posted live on WCA Live -
https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/
https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/2865

Livestreams -

https://www.youtube.com/@RubiksCube/streams
https://www.youtube.com/@kccu2014/streams

Livestream schedule -
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvqT2PZPAzx

Max Siauw personal livestream -
https://www.youtube.com/@MaxSiauwCubing/streams



World Records
[World Record] 6x6 - 1:07.11 avg by Max Park, 1st round

[World Record] 5BLD - 2:18.78 single by Hill Pong Yong Feng, final



Continent Records

• Day 1 Continent records

[European Record] 6x6 - 1:10.58 single by Ciarán Beahan, 1st round

[African Record]x2 6x6 - 1:31.12 single & 1:37.13 avg by Daniel Rush, 1st round

[African Record]x2 7x7 - 2:34.74 single & 2:39.51 avg by Daniel Rush, 1st round

• Day 2 Continent records

[Oceanic Record] Skewb - 2.39 avg by Dwyane Ramos, 1st round

[European Record] 5x5 - 39.09 avg by Tymon Kolasiński, 1st round

[Asian Record] 5x5 - 35.77 single by Seung Hyuk Nahm, 1st round

[Asian Record] Pyraminx - 1.65 avg by Lingkun Jiang, 1st round

[African Record] 4x4 - 25.06 single by Daniel Rush, 1st round

[Oceanic Record]x2 Megaminx - 26.00 single & 29.68 avg by Alexander Vujcich, final

• Day 3 Continent records

[Asian Record]x2 3BLD - 14.99 single & 17.17 avg by Yifan Wang, 1st round

[African Record] 3x3 - 5.37 single by Daniel Rush, 1st round

[European Record] 5x5 - 38.80 avg by Tymon Kolasiński, 2nd round

[Oceanic Record] 5x5 - 41.81 avg by Feliks Zemdegs, 2nd round

[African Record] 5x5 - 51.34 single by Daniel Rush, 2nd round

• Day 4 Continent records

National Records

• Day 1 National records

[Malaysia Record]x2 Clock - 3.92 single & 4.66 avg by Ng Jia Quan, 1st round

[Thailand Record] Clock - 3.97 single by Supakrit Sanghiran, 1st round

[Cyprus Record] Clock - 8.10 avg by Ignatios Papathemistokleous, 1st round

[Kuwait Record] Clock - 10.39 single by Hasan Hashem Alwazzan, 1st round

[Kuwait Record]x2 Clock - 9.75 single & 10.91 avg by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Denmark Record] Sq1 - 6.53 avg by Rasmus Stub Detlefsen, 1st round

[Thailand Record]x2 Sq1 - 7.28 single & 9.73 avg by Anukun Supcharoenkun, 1st round

[Bulgaria Record] Sq1 - 11.03 avg by Anqi Yu, 1st round


[Singapore Record]x2 6x6 - 1:19.86 single & 1:28.73 avg by Daryl Tan Hong An, 1st round

[Vietnam Record] 6x6 - 1:20.91 single by Đỗ Quang Hưng, 1st round

[Netherlands Record] 6x6 - 1:34.79 avg by Twan Dullemond, 1st round

[Japan Record] 6x6 - 1:41.76 avg by Tomohiro Kobayashi, 1st round


[Ireland Record] 7x7 - 1:57.66 avg by Ciarán Beahan, 1st round

[Taiwan Record]x2 7x7 - 1:59.89 single & 2:10.89 avg by Cian-Jyun Yang, 1st round

[Vietnam Record] 7x7 - 2:12.80 avg by Đỗ Quang Hưng, 1st round

[Thailand Record] 7x7 - 2:18.82 avg by Asia Konvittayayotin, 1st round

[Cyprus Record] 7x7 - 3:41.34 avg by Michael Eleftheriades, 1st round


[Luxembourg Record] FMC - 28 single by Philippe Schwartz


[Bulgaria Record] 4BLD - 4:58.46 single by Anqi Yu, final

[Hong Kong Record] 4BLD - 5:17.78 avg by Michael Ngan, final


[China Record]x2 Megaminx - 29.20 single & 30.94 avg by Ziyu Wu, 1st round

[Malaysia Record] Megaminx - 37.70 avg by Hill Pong Yong Feng, 1st round

[Thailand Record]x2 Megaminx - 36.68 single & 40.91 avg by Natthaphat Mahtani, 1st round

[Kyrgyzstan Record]x2 Megaminx - 47.61 single & 1:00.20 avg by Chyngyz Sultanbekov, 1st round

[Bulgaria Record] Megaminx - 1:00.19 single by Anqi Yu, 1st round

• Day 2 National Records

[Hong Kong Record] Skewb - 3.17 avg by Shek Ho Hin, 1st round


[Poland Record] 5BLD - 3:15.72 single by Adrian Dębski, final

[Canada Record] 5BLD - 3:29.16 single by Elliott Kobelansky, final

[Hong Kong Record] 5BLD - 4:29.27 single by Alvin Cheng Hiu Yeung, final

[Bulgaria Record] 5BLD - 10:30.00 single by Anqi Yu, final


[Vietnam Record] 5x5 - 42.92 avg by Đỗ Quang Hưng, 1st round

[Singapore Record]x2 5x5 - 44.54 single & 49.53 avg by Daryl Tan Hong An, 1st round

[Norway Record] 5x5 - 42.78 single by Kim Roger Haraldsen, 1st round

[Russia Record] 5x5 - 51.96 avg by Alexander Bashutkin, 1st round

[Thailand] 5x5 - 45.73 single by Asia Konvittayayotin, 1st round

[Bolivia Record] 5x5 - 49.78 single by Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto, 1st round

[Israel Record] 5x5 - 52.13 avg by Zecharya Moshavi, 1st round

[Kuwait Record]x2 5x5 - 1:13.43 single & 1:23.53 by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Korea Record] Pyraminx - 2.01 avg by Seungho Song, 1st round

[Taiwan Record] Pyraminx - 2.33 avg by Bo-Yan Wu, 1st round


[Cyprus Record] 4x4 - 33.82 single by Panayiotis Isaia, 1st round


[Korea Record] Clock - 3.83 single by Yeon Kyun Park, final


[China Record] Megaminx - 28.51 single by Ziyu Wu, final

[Korea Record] Megaminx - 31.37 avg by Kyeongmin Choi, final

[Malaysia Record] Megaminx - 31.69 single by Hill Pong Yong Feng, final


[Vietnam Record]x2 7x7 - 1:46.76 single & 1:58.63 avg by Đỗ Quang Hưng, final

[Indonesia Record] 7x7 - 2:11.31 avg by Firstian Fushada, final

• Day 3 National records

[Canada Record] 2x2 - 0.58 single by Kyle Santucci, 1st round

[Colombia Record] 2x2 - 1.66 avg by Juan Miguel Saboya Soto, 1st round


[Korea Record]x2 OH - 8.27 single & 10.39 avg by Doyul Kim, 1st round

[Kyrgyzstan Record] OH - 10.94 single by Chyngyz Sultanbekov, 1st round

[Cyprus Record]x2 OH - 13.65 single & 16.62 avg by Panayiotis Isaia, 1st round

[Kuwait Record]x2 OH - 12.70 single & 17.72 avg by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Indonesia Record] 3BLD - 15.36 single by Phillip Maxwell, 1st round

[Korea Record] 3BLD - 18.20 single by Heejun Kim, 1st round

[Japan Record] 3BLD - 19.55 avg by Masato Fujiwara, 1st round

[Taiwan Record] 3BLD - 23.62 avg by Chih-Chuan Yang, 1st round

[Kosovo Record] 3BLD - 27.42 single by Biant Shkololli, 1st round


[Colombia Record] 3x3 - 7.43 avg by Juan Miguel Saboya Soto, 1st round

[Kuwait Record] 3x3 - 6.38 single by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Norway Record] FMC - 24 single by Ulrik Bredland

[Luxembourg Record]x2 FMC - 28 single & 32.33 avg by Philippe Schwartz

[Bulgaria Record] FMC - 34.00 avg by Anqi Yu


[Thailand Record] 5x5 - 44.54 single by Asia Konvittayayotin, 2nd round


[France Record] Skewb - 1.20 single by Anthony Lafourcade, 2nd round

[United Kingdom Record] Skewb - 1.40 by George Scholey, 2nd round

• Day 4 National records

[Bulgaria Record] 2x2 - 1.63 avg by Anqi Yu, 2nd round

[Thailand Record] 2x2 - 1.85 avg by Natthaphat Mahtani, 2nd round

[Cyprus Record] 2x2 - 2.76 avg by Panayiotis Isaia, 2nd round


[Poland Record] 4x4 - 21.65 avg by Tymon Kolasiński, 2nd round

[Netherlands Record] 4x4 - 25.14 avg by Twan Dullemond, 2nd round


[Taiwan Record] Sq1 - 6.92 avg by Yi-Ho Hsueh, 2nd round

[Indonesia Record] Sq1 - 5.68 single by Firstian Fushada, 2nd round

[Mexico Record] Sq1 - 6.54 single by Diego Brizuela Crespo, 2nd round

[Israel Record]x2 Sq1 - 7.08 single & 8.92 avg by Libi Wohlfeiler Kahaty, 2nd round

[Bulgaria Record] Sq1 - 10.04 avg by Anqi Yu, 2nd round


[Korea Record]x2 OH - 8.23 single & 10.12 avg by Yoochan Hong, 2nd round

[Thailand Record] OH - 10.18 avg by Parist Pariyakanok, 2nd round







Day 1 - 1 WR, 5 CRs, 33 NRs
Day 2 - 1 WR, 7 CRs, 25 NRs
Day 3 - 6 CRs, 23 NRs
Day 4 - 14 NRs

Total - 2 WRs, 18 CRs, 95 NRs

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

From Cubers Reddit:

What about Tommy's WR Mean?

 

[ProStar]

I’m surprised Zayn didn’t win anything. Other than that all the results were expected and/or not particularly shocking. What happened to Graham’s MBLD attempt? I didn’t watch it live but saw afterwards he DNF’d it

 

[Arcanist]

I’m surprised Zayn didn’t win anything. Other than that all the results were expected and/or not particularly shocking. What happened to Graham’s MBLD attempt? I didn’t watch it live but saw afterwards he DNF’d it

Yeah I didn't even know Stanley did skewb but he still won.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Wow, final results are absolutely all over the place. Very close competition in all events!

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

Yeah I didn't even know Stanley did skewb but he still won.

When I saw that to me that was the most surprisingest thing of the comp. Simon winning Skewb Nats finals was unexpected, but Simon is quite good at skewb and was WR3 at some point. But Stanley? Stanley has been getting ridiculously good at skewb. I mostly thought of him as someone who is good at BigBLD but I guess we have to watch his Skewb results now lol.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

Can someone please make a list of all the podiums?
Thanks.

 

[ProStar]

Can someone please make a list of all the podiums?
Thanks.

https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/2865/podiums

And a list of all the records and other interesting information courtesy of TheRealUncleFrank of r/cubers (and pjk for posting this already):

World Championship 2023, Sat-Tues, Aug 12-15
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2023

https://wc2023.kccu.info/

This post will be updated with all records over the course of the comp.
With 1400 competitors representing 63 countries, this is the largest WCA competition ever, so I expect multiple records over the weekend. Put them all in one post so we don't clutter up the main sub.

Don't forget the time zone difference in Korea. They're in UTC+9.
WCA Live shows the comp schedule in your locations local time.

You can see all results posted live on WCA Live -
https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/
https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/2865

Livestreams -

https://www.youtube.com/@RubiksCube/streams
https://www.youtube.com/@kccu2014/streams

Livestream schedule -
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvqT2PZPAzx

Max Siauw personal livestream -
https://www.youtube.com/@MaxSiauwCubing/streams



World Records
[World Record] 6x6 - 1:07.11 avg by Max Park, 1st round

[World Record] 5BLD - 2:18.78 single by Hill Pong Yong Feng, final



Continent Records

• Day 1 Continent records

[European Record] 6x6 - 1:10.58 single by Ciarán Beahan, 1st round

[African Record]x2 6x6 - 1:31.12 single & 1:37.13 avg by Daniel Rush, 1st round

[African Record]x2 7x7 - 2:34.74 single & 2:39.51 avg by Daniel Rush, 1st round

• Day 2 Continent records

[Oceanic Record] Skewb - 2.39 avg by Dwyane Ramos, 1st round

[European Record] 5x5 - 39.09 avg by Tymon Kolasiński, 1st round

[Asian Record] 5x5 - 35.77 single by Seung Hyuk Nahm, 1st round

[Asian Record] Pyraminx - 1.65 avg by Lingkun Jiang, 1st round

[African Record] 4x4 - 25.06 single by Daniel Rush, 1st round

[Oceanic Record]x2 Megaminx - 26.00 single & 29.68 avg by Alexander Vujcich, final

• Day 3 Continent records

[Asian Record]x2 3BLD - 14.99 single & 17.17 avg by Yifan Wang, 1st round

[African Record] 3x3 - 5.37 single by Daniel Rush, 1st round

[European Record] 5x5 - 38.80 avg by Tymon Kolasiński, 2nd round

[Oceanic Record] 5x5 - 41.81 avg by Feliks Zemdegs, 2nd round

[African Record] 5x5 - 51.34 single by Daniel Rush, 2nd round

• Day 4 Continent records

National Records

• Day 1 National records

[Malaysia Record]x2 Clock - 3.92 single & 4.66 avg by Ng Jia Quan, 1st round

[Thailand Record] Clock - 3.97 single by Supakrit Sanghiran, 1st round

[Cyprus Record] Clock - 8.10 avg by Ignatios Papathemistokleous, 1st round

[Kuwait Record] Clock - 10.39 single by Hasan Hashem Alwazzan, 1st round

[Kuwait Record]x2 Clock - 9.75 single & 10.91 avg by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Denmark Record] Sq1 - 6.53 avg by Rasmus Stub Detlefsen, 1st round

[Thailand Record]x2 Sq1 - 7.28 single & 9.73 avg by Anukun Supcharoenkun, 1st round

[Bulgaria Record] Sq1 - 11.03 avg by Anqi Yu, 1st round


[Singapore Record]x2 6x6 - 1:19.86 single & 1:28.73 avg by Daryl Tan Hong An, 1st round

[Vietnam Record] 6x6 - 1:20.91 single by Đỗ Quang Hưng, 1st round

[Netherlands Record] 6x6 - 1:34.79 avg by Twan Dullemond, 1st round

[Japan Record] 6x6 - 1:41.76 avg by Tomohiro Kobayashi, 1st round


[Ireland Record] 7x7 - 1:57.66 avg by Ciarán Beahan, 1st round

[Taiwan Record]x2 7x7 - 1:59.89 single & 2:10.89 avg by Cian-Jyun Yang, 1st round

[Vietnam Record] 7x7 - 2:12.80 avg by Đỗ Quang Hưng, 1st round

[Thailand Record] 7x7 - 2:18.82 avg by Asia Konvittayayotin, 1st round

[Cyprus Record] 7x7 - 3:41.34 avg by Michael Eleftheriades, 1st round


[Luxembourg Record] FMC - 28 single by Philippe Schwartz


[Bulgaria Record] 4BLD - 4:58.46 single by Anqi Yu, final

[Hong Kong Record] 4BLD - 5:17.78 avg by Michael Ngan, final


[China Record]x2 Megaminx - 29.20 single & 30.94 avg by Ziyu Wu, 1st round

[Malaysia Record] Megaminx - 37.70 avg by Hill Pong Yong Feng, 1st round

[Thailand Record]x2 Megaminx - 36.68 single & 40.91 avg by Natthaphat Mahtani, 1st round

[Kyrgyzstan Record]x2 Megaminx - 47.61 single & 1:00.20 avg by Chyngyz Sultanbekov, 1st round

[Bulgaria Record] Megaminx - 1:00.19 single by Anqi Yu, 1st round

• Day 2 National Records

[Hong Kong Record] Skewb - 3.17 avg by Shek Ho Hin, 1st round


[Poland Record] 5BLD - 3:15.72 single by Adrian Dębski, final

[Canada Record] 5BLD - 3:29.16 single by Elliott Kobelansky, final

[Hong Kong Record] 5BLD - 4:29.27 single by Alvin Cheng Hiu Yeung, final

[Bulgaria Record] 5BLD - 10:30.00 single by Anqi Yu, final


[Vietnam Record] 5x5 - 42.92 avg by Đỗ Quang Hưng, 1st round

[Singapore Record]x2 5x5 - 44.54 single & 49.53 avg by Daryl Tan Hong An, 1st round

[Norway Record] 5x5 - 42.78 single by Kim Roger Haraldsen, 1st round

[Russia Record] 5x5 - 51.96 avg by Alexander Bashutkin, 1st round

[Thailand] 5x5 - 45.73 single by Asia Konvittayayotin, 1st round

[Bolivia Record] 5x5 - 49.78 single by Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto, 1st round

[Israel Record] 5x5 - 52.13 avg by Zecharya Moshavi, 1st round

[Kuwait Record]x2 5x5 - 1:13.43 single & 1:23.53 by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Korea Record] Pyraminx - 2.01 avg by Seungho Song, 1st round

[Taiwan Record] Pyraminx - 2.33 avg by Bo-Yan Wu, 1st round


[Cyprus Record] 4x4 - 33.82 single by Panayiotis Isaia, 1st round


[Korea Record] Clock - 3.83 single by Yeon Kyun Park, final


[China Record] Megaminx - 28.51 single by Ziyu Wu, final

[Korea Record] Megaminx - 31.37 avg by Kyeongmin Choi, final

[Malaysia Record] Megaminx - 31.69 single by Hill Pong Yong Feng, final


[Vietnam Record]x2 7x7 - 1:46.76 single & 1:58.63 avg by Đỗ Quang Hưng, final

[Indonesia Record] 7x7 - 2:11.31 avg by Firstian Fushada, final

• Day 3 National records

[Canada Record] 2x2 - 0.58 single by Kyle Santucci, 1st round

[Colombia Record] 2x2 - 1.66 avg by Juan Miguel Saboya Soto, 1st round


[Korea Record]x2 OH - 8.27 single & 10.39 avg by Doyul Kim, 1st round

[Kyrgyzstan Record] OH - 10.94 single by Chyngyz Sultanbekov, 1st round

[Cyprus Record]x2 OH - 13.65 single & 16.62 avg by Panayiotis Isaia, 1st round

[Kuwait Record]x2 OH - 12.70 single & 17.72 avg by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Indonesia Record] 3BLD - 15.36 single by Phillip Maxwell, 1st round

[Korea Record] 3BLD - 18.20 single by Heejun Kim, 1st round

[Japan Record] 3BLD - 19.55 avg by Masato Fujiwara, 1st round

[Taiwan Record] 3BLD - 23.62 avg by Chih-Chuan Yang, 1st round

[Kosovo Record] 3BLD - 27.42 single by Biant Shkololli, 1st round


[Colombia Record] 3x3 - 7.43 avg by Juan Miguel Saboya Soto, 1st round

[Kuwait Record] 3x3 - 6.38 single by Ahmad Alolaimi, 1st round


[Norway Record] FMC - 24 single by Ulrik Bredland

[Luxembourg Record]x2 FMC - 28 single & 32.33 avg by Philippe Schwartz

[Bulgaria Record] FMC - 34.00 avg by Anqi Yu


[Thailand Record] 5x5 - 44.54 single by Asia Konvittayayotin, 2nd round


[France Record] Skewb - 1.20 single by Anthony Lafourcade, 2nd round

[United Kingdom Record] Skewb - 1.40 by George Scholey, 2nd round

• Day 4 National records

[Bulgaria Record] 2x2 - 1.63 avg by Anqi Yu, 2nd round

[Thailand Record] 2x2 - 1.85 avg by Natthaphat Mahtani, 2nd round

[Cyprus Record] 2x2 - 2.76 avg by Panayiotis Isaia, 2nd round


[Poland Record] 4x4 - 21.65 avg by Tymon Kolasiński, 2nd round

[Netherlands Record] 4x4 - 25.14 avg by Twan Dullemond, 2nd round


[Taiwan Record] Sq1 - 6.92 avg by Yi-Ho Hsueh, 2nd round

[Indonesia Record] Sq1 - 5.68 single by Firstian Fushada, 2nd round

[Mexico Record] Sq1 - 6.54 single by Diego Brizuela Crespo, 2nd round

[Israel Record]x2 Sq1 - 7.08 single & 8.92 avg by Libi Wohlfeiler Kahaty, 2nd round

[Bulgaria Record] Sq1 - 10.04 avg by Anqi Yu, 2nd round


[Korea Record]x2 OH - 8.23 single & 10.12 avg by Yoochan Hong, 2nd round

[Thailand Record] OH - 10.18 avg by Parist Pariyakanok, 2nd round







Day 1 - 1 WR, 5 CRs, 33 NRs
Day 2 - 1 WR, 7 CRs, 25 NRs
Day 3 - 6 CRs, 23 NRs
Day 4 - 14 NRs

Total - 2 WRs, 18 CRs, 95 NRs

 

[Abram Grimsley]

https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/2865/podiums

And a list of all the records and other interesting information courtesy of TheRealUncleFrank of r/cubers (and pjk for posting this already):

Thanks!

 

[Davian]

The next world championship is in Seattle.

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

The next world cup is in Seattle.

How did you figure that out?