Competitions · United States

Amherst Open 2022

Amherst, Massachusetts · 10 September 2022 · 11 events · 178 competitors · 266 personal bests

Elijah Rain Phelps won two of the eleven events (2×2, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carson Widjaja by 0.09 seconds. 178 competitors produced 266 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Saisabari Ramesh took a Pyraminx single of 10.76 down to 3.46, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Elijah Rain Phelps — 2×2, Square-1

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Carson Widjaja over Shaun Mack

266

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carson Widjaja	6.66	7.50
2×2	Elijah Rain Phelps	1.85	2.69
4×4	Christopher Yen	23.68	26.90
5×5	Evan Liu	51.17	59.35
3×3 blindfolded	Thiago Han	28.23	—
3×3 one-handed	Darren Saito	11.34	12.95
Clock	Joshua Marriott	4.01	4.33
Megaminx	Aidan McKenzie	35.82	37.59
Pyraminx	Shaun Mack	2.13	3.83
Skewb	Shaun Mack	2.66	3.36
Square-1	Elijah Rain Phelps	8.68	9.45

The PB harvest

266 set · 56 still standing

Quinlan Mayo — Pyraminx single 1.54: into the top 0.47% of the event's history.
Darren Saito — Skewb single 1.56: into the top 0.52% of the event's history.
Carson Widjaja — Square-1 single 6.28: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Ryan Hebert — Pyraminx single 3.11: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Quinlan Mayo — 3×3 single 8.73: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Nicholas Daneshvari — 3×3 one-handed single 12.95: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Justin Strumpf — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Kevin Pertus — Skewb single 3.51: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 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

178 competitors · 1262 results · 11 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. Carson Widjaja won it with a 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

178 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.