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Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022

Mill Valley, California · 24 April 2022 · 5 events · 102 competitors · 71 personal bests

Silas Emerian won two of the five events (2×2, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nathaniel Timothy Sunil by 0.33 seconds. 102 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 42 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sammy Rogers took a 3×3 single of 54.94 down to 19.33, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Silas Emerian — 2×2, Square-1

0.33s

closest final — 3×3, Nathaniel Timothy Sunil over Richard Jay S. Apagar

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nathaniel Timothy Sunil	7.75	8.13
2×2	Silas Emerian	2.02	2.25
Megaminx	Nico Harper (李有為)	44.50	49.05
Skewb	Wilson Xie	2.69	4.17
Square-1	Silas Emerian	6.60	8.55

The PB harvest

71 set · 21 still standing

Evan Chin — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Nolan Yiu — Skewb single 2.88: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Zachary Wang — 3×3 single 11.79: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Evan Chin — Square-1 single 14.35: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Jessup Byun — 3×3 single 13.21: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
Varchasv Garg — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Brendan Kennedy — 3×3 single 16.19: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.
Eli Zeitlin — Skewb single 7.68: into the top 38.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

42 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

102 competitors · 384 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 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.