Competitions · Canada

Battle of Waterloo 2022

Waterloo, Ontario · 20 August 2022 · 5 events · 117 competitors · 87 personal bests

Brennen Lin won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brennen Lin by 0.03 seconds. 117 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 49 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Rose Zheng took a Pyraminx single of 14.20 down to 4.23, 70 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Brennen Lin — 3×3, 2×2

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Brennen Lin over Arhaan Sareen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brennen Lin	5.64	6.62
2×2	Brennen Lin	1.25	1.79
3×3 blindfolded	Nicholas Patterson	1:07.67	1:16.77
Pyraminx	Andrew Mao	2.32	2.84
Skewb	Nicholas Patterson	2.33	2.97

The PB harvest

87 set · 26 still standing

Nima Bolourchian — 3×3 single 7.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Sotheara Eng — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Benjamin Lê — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Matthew Lee — Skewb single 2.98: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Sotheara Eng — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Cillian Hughes — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ronav Sharma — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Koda Cobierski — Skewb single 3.62: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

49 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

117 competitors · 528 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.