Competitions · United States

AZCubing Winter 2022

Tucson, Arizona · 17 December 2022 · 9 events · 129 competitors · 125 personal bests

Max Park won five of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Matty Hiroto Inaba by 0.46 seconds. 129 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 61 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maxwell Jensen took a Square-1 single of 49.44 down to 13.65, 72 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.46s

closest final — 2×2, Matty Hiroto Inaba over Ivan Vanek

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.09	5.66
2×2	Matty Hiroto Inaba	1.84	2.44
4×4	Max Park	22.43	22.93
5×5	Max Park	39.69	40.95
6×6	Max Park	1:12.03	1:14.85
3×3 blindfolded	Gregory Lopez	1:27.04	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.75	9.71
Clock	Paul Mahvi	7.39	8.23
Square-1	Ivan Vanek	7.84	8.93

The PB harvest

125 set · 37 still standing

Gregory Lopez — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Jack Helms-Galbraith — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Jack Helms-Galbraith — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Kyle Ludwigsen — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Ngan Tran — 2×2 single 2.94: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Justin A. Lee — 3×3 single 12.09: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Varyan Jain — 3×3 one-handed single 18.38: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Christian De La Garza — 3×3 single 12.82: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

61 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

129 competitors · 688 results · 9 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 5.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

129 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.