Competitions · United States

Cubing in The Springs 2022

Colorado Springs, Colorado · 29 October 2022 · 6 events · 103 competitors · 152 personal bests

Brayden Wroten won three of the six events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel by 0.30 seconds. 103 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Easterling took a 2×2 single of 18.69 down to 5.45, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Brayden Wroten — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.30s

closest final — 3×3, Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel over Brayden Wroten

152

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel	7.05	8.58
2×2	Brayden Wroten	1.94	2.32
3×3 one-handed	Brayden Wroten	14.11	15.97
Clock	Miles Walcott	4.94	5.66
Pyraminx	Jack Bellomy	2.22	3.23
Skewb	Brayden Wroten	1.48	2.90

The PB harvest

152 set · 49 still standing

Jack Bellomy — 2×2 single 1.01: into the top 0.58% of the event's history.
Andrew Bacrania — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
McKade Gibbs — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
James Lee — 3×3 single 10.78: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Braden Young — Pyraminx single 4.44: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
McKade Gibbs — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
James Keney — 3×3 single 11.49: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Andrew Bacrania — 3×3 one-handed single 17.46: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

103 competitors · 564 results · 6 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. Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel won it with a 8.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.