Competitions · Canada

Ajax First-Timers 2022

Ajax, Ontario · 30 October 2022 · 3 events · 97 competitors · 65 personal bests

Jensen Belen-Brown won two of the three events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jensen Belen-Brown by 0.41 seconds. 97 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Noah Myers took a 3×3 single of 39.20 down to 17.88, 54 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Jensen Belen-Brown — 3×3, 2×2

0.41s

closest final — 3×3, Jensen Belen-Brown over Larry Shi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jensen Belen-Brown	8.25	8.61
2×2	Jensen Belen-Brown	1.78	2.31
4×4	Alan Jia	35.59	36.98

The PB harvest

65 set · 20 still standing

Richard Xiong — 3×3 single 7.91: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Adam Lyne — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Ryan Xu — 3×3 single 12.16: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Edison Ying — 3×3 single 12.23: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Ishan Saini — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Lucas Ashbaugh — 2×2 single 3.76: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
David Kalinichenko — 2×2 single 3.88: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
Jayden Fernandez Sopkic — 2×2 single 3.98: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

97 competitors · 330 results · 3 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Jensen Belen-Brown won it with a 8.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R2 F U2 F2 L2 D R' L' F U2 B' F2 R D2 R F2 R2 B2 U2
2U2 L' B2 D2 F' D2 B' R2 F D2 B2 L' B' U2 F R2 D R U'
3L R2 U2 F L2 B2 U2 B2 R' U' R D L2 F2 D2 R2 B D2
4L' D' B2 U' B R' B2 D2 R2 F' B2 R2 U2 F' L2 D2 R2 U' F'
5U2 D2 R2 D F D2 B2 R F U2 B L2 F' R2 D2 F' U F2

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.