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Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022

Mill Valley, California · 23 April 2022 · 5 events · 112 competitors · 110 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) by 0.27 seconds. 112 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anto Kam (甘浩東) set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 10.48.

Two wins

Varun Mohanraj — 3×3, 4×4

0.27s

closest final — Pyraminx, Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) over Elijah Brown

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	6.83	7.46
4×4	Varun Mohanraj	25.57	29.91
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.73	10.48
Clock	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	5.93	6.49
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	1.32	2.51

The PB harvest

110 set · 26 still standing

Ryan Jew — 3×3 one-handed single 10.90: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Brendan White — Pyraminx single 3.65: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Kristen Young — 3×3 single 9.99: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Brendan White — 4×4 single 38.15: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Mitchell Lane — Clock single 6.73: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Tyler Howlett — Clock single 6.76: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Charles Elliot Adams — 3×3 single 11.84: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Christopher Brandariz — 4×4 single 41.67: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 462 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. Varun Mohanraj won it with a 7.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.