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AZCubing Summer 2022

Tucson, Arizona · 30 July 2022 · 6 events · 47 competitors · 52 personal bests

Dan Tran won three of the six events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jacob De La Garza by 0.02 seconds. 47 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Matthew Low took a Square-1 single of 55.46 down to 26.54, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Dan Tran — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Jacob De La Garza over Dan Tran
52
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jacob De La Garza6.688.42
4×4Dan Tran29.1833.85
5×5Dan Tran56.5958.20
3×3 one-handedDan Tran10.4014.06
PyraminxAmogh Prashanth3.183.95
Square-1Ivan Vanek8.1310.03

The PB harvest

52 set · 8 still standing
  • Lucas Louden — 3×3 single 8.39: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Azael Toysehua — 3×3 one-handed single 12.86: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Louden — Pyraminx single 4.21: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Rahul Athreya — 3×3 one-handed single 16.79: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Ivan Vanek — 5×5 single 1:11.39: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Justin A. Lee — Pyraminx single 5.95: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.
  • Christian De La Garza — 5×5 single 2:12.19: into the top 56.6% of the event's history.
  • Chris Pavlovic — 3×3 single 50.78: into the top 86.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

47 competitors · 227 results · 6 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. Jacob De La Garza won it with a 8.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.