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Competitions · United States

Circle City Summer 2022

Corona, California · 6 August 2022 · 4 events · 77 competitors · 105 personal bests

Max Park won three of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) by 0.59 seconds. 77 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Max Park set the 3×3 single continental record: 3.63.

Three wins
Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.59s
closest final — 2×2, Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) over Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Max Park4.695.28
2×2Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光)0.981.57
4×4Max Park17.9721.02
3×3 one-handedMax Park8.649.73

The PB harvest

105 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

21 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

77 competitors · 361 results · 4 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. Max Park won it with a 5.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.