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Back to School Utah 2022

Provo, Utah · 27 August 2022 · 5 events · 128 competitors · 99 personal bests

Nathaniel Timothy Sunil won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙) by 0.15 seconds. 128 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 61 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jacob Callahan took a Clock single of 31.92 down to 12.18, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nathaniel Timothy Sunil — 3×3, 4×4

0.15s

closest final — Clock, Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙) over Jonah Hansen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nathaniel Timothy Sunil	7.75	8.09
4×4	Nathaniel Timothy Sunil	29.07	32.48
3×3 one-handed	Canyon Pettitt	13.70	14.53
Clock	Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙)	10.21	10.87
Skewb	Jonah Hansen	2.86	3.07

The PB harvest

99 set · 28 still standing

Jared Ferrin — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Bingham — 3×3 single 10.23: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Jacob Callahan — Skewb single 3.57: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Cooper Glover — 3×3 single 11.28: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Ethan R. Ashby — 3×3 single 11.86: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Liam Ahern — Skewb single 4.98: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Ashton Reed — 3×3 single 13.29: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Ethan Bingham — 4×4 single 46.01: into the top 19.6% 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

128 competitors · 509 results · 5 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. Nathaniel Timothy Sunil won it with a 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

128 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.