Competitions · United States

Babylon Summer 2022

Babylon, New York · 18 September 2022 · 8 events · 69 competitors · 103 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Evan Liu by 0.05 seconds. 69 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Zayn Khanani set the 2×2 single continental record: 0.50.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — Clock, Evan Liu over Carter Williams

103

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.05	6.25
2×2	Zayn Khanani	1.07	1.27
4×4	Patrick Ponce	23.36	25.29
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.54	9.97
Clock	Evan Liu	4.91	5.36
Pyraminx	Kyle Meade	2.02	2.70
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.57	2.19
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	5.83	6.51

The PB harvest

103 set · 27 still standing

Zayn Khanani — 2×2 single 0.50: into the top 0.0086% of the event's history.
Daniel Goodman — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Sam Schultz — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Mateo Maturana — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Conor Beamer — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Evan Yao — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Declan Wilhelm — Square-1 single 9.93: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Aryeh Honig — 3×3 one-handed single 15.16: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 506 results · 8 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.