Competitions · United States

Cubetcha 2022

Plymouth, Minnesota · 8 October 2022 · 7 events · 230 competitors · 192 personal bests

Carter Kucala won three of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Carter Kucala by 0.12 seconds. 230 competitors produced 192 personal bests, 81 of which still stand today, and 100 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Balam Thomas Perez took a 2×2 single of 20.80 down to 5.53, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Carter Kucala — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Carter Kucala over James Quinn

192

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tyler Robinson	7.80	8.77
2×2	Carter Kucala	1.82	2.18
5×5	Nathan Phillips	54.26	58.02
3×3 blindfolded	Andy Wong	20.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Carter Kucala	8.85	11.99
Skewb	Carter Kucala	1.43	2.06
Square-1	Nathan Rahn	8.23	9.25

The PB harvest

192 set · 81 still standing

Tyler Johnson — 3×3 one-handed single 10.94: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
James Kropiwka — 3×3 single 8.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
David Madigan — 3×3 single 8.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Tommy Robben — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Colin Phan — 3×3 single 9.09: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Destin Shulfer — Square-1 single 10.45: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Jerry Cheng — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Adam Ali — 3×3 single 11.60: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

100 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

230 competitors · 998 results · 7 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. Tyler Robinson won it with a 8.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

230 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.