Competitions · United States

Cubers Flood Watertown 2022

Watertown, Massachusetts · 8 October 2022 · 5 events · 89 competitors · 106 personal bests

Joshua Broderick Phillips won two of the five events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Elijah Rain Phelps by 0.03 seconds. 89 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Caleb Trelford set the Clock average continental record: 3.79.

Two wins

Joshua Broderick Phillips — 3×3, Pyraminx

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Elijah Rain Phelps over Aedan Bryant

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joshua Broderick Phillips	7.72	8.18
2×2	Elijah Rain Phelps	1.97	2.54
Clock	Caleb Trelford	3.29	4.22
Pyraminx	Joshua Broderick Phillips	3.08	3.53
Skewb	Boris McCoy	3.46	3.61

The PB harvest

106 set · 22 still standing

Thiago Han — Skewb single 2.48: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Carter Williams — Skewb single 2.99: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Marcus S. Bilik — Pyraminx single 4.89: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Marcus S. Bilik — Skewb single 5.23: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Dylan Tocco — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Ben Conrad — Pyraminx single 6.33: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Dylan Tocco — Clock single 9.73: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Caleb Trelford — 2×2 single 4.06: into the top 27.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

89 competitors · 511 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. Joshua Broderick Phillips won it with a 8.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.