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Dunkirk Spring A 2022

Dunkirk, Maryland · 11 June 2022 · 3 events · 53 competitors · 36 personal bests

Michael Nielsen won three of the three events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Michael Nielsen by 0.53 seconds. 53 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mehin Pandya took a Pyraminx single of 19.40 down to 9.22, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Michael Nielsen — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx
0.53s
closest final — Pyraminx, Michael Nielsen over Kyle Meade
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michael Nielsen6.947.61
2×2Michael Nielsen0.901.63
PyraminxMichael Nielsen1.622.49

The PB harvest

36 set · 9 still standing
  • Takumi Hamaguchi (濱口巧海) — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Braden Young — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Mehin Pandya — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Jason Carcamo Martinez — 3×3 single 14.49: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Ojas Punje — 2×2 single 3.74: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
  • Ojas Punje — 3×3 single 16.88: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.
  • Chai Siris — 3×3 single 17.01: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
  • Jahl Miraji-Khot — 3×3 single 17.83: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

53 competitors · 219 results · 3 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. Michael Nielsen won it with a 7.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.