Competitions · United States

DeNxNver 2022

Denver, Colorado · 12 February 2022 · 6 events · 74 competitors · 85 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Miles Walcott by 0.97 seconds. 74 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elijah Franklin took a 4×4 single of 2:30.41 down to 59.77, 60 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.97s

closest final — Clock, Miles Walcott over Addison Dean

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Matty Hiroto Inaba	5.30	6.01
4×4	Matty Hiroto Inaba	24.45	27.59
5×5	Matty Hiroto Inaba	44.88	54.76
6×6	Paul Mahvi	1:41.44	1:43.20
7×7	Paul Mahvi	2:19.51	2:31.92
Clock	Miles Walcott	5.17	6.75

The PB harvest

85 set · 9 still standing

Gordon Caulfield — 3×3 single 12.14: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
William Carreiro — 3×3 single 12.88: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
William Carreiro — 5×5 single 1:29.10: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Caleb Trelford — 3×3 single 16.06: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
Gavyn Goss — 3×3 single 22.63: into the top 47.0% of the event's history.
Nathan Ramos — 3×3 single 26.09: into the top 54.9% of the event's history.
Jackson Wroten — 4×4 single 1:23.26: into the top 58.5% of the event's history.
Gordon Caulfield — 5×5 single 2:16.19: into the top 58.9% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

74 competitors · 315 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 6.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.