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Competitions · United States

Anaheim Winter A 2022

Anaheim, California · 5 February 2022 · 3 events · 54 competitors · 42 personal bests

Max Park won three of the three events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.47 seconds. 54 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sami Wang took a 3×3 single of 33.01 down to 14.60, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
1.47s
closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Paul Mahvi
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park4.905.43
4×4Max Park19.0121.19
5×5Max Park36.9140.48

The PB harvest

42 set · 8 still standing
  • Weixing Zhang (张炜星) — 5×5 single 49.54: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Caden Lam — 3×3 single 12.39: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
  • Jaxon Perkins — 3×3 single 14.04: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Blackburn — 3×3 single 14.30: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
  • Sami Wang — 3×3 single 14.60: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
  • Colton Johnston — 5×5 single 1:32.77: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
  • Jaxon Perkins — 4×4 single 1:15.11: into the top 51.7% of the event's history.
  • Jaxon Perkins — 5×5 single 2:16.10: into the top 58.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

54 competitors · 170 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. Max Park won it with a 5.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.