Competitions · United States

Empire State Fall 2022

Albany, New York · 5 November 2022 · 11 events · 88 competitors · 121 personal bests

Shaun Mack won five of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Shaun Mack by 0.25 seconds. 88 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zhizhou Zhang (张址洲) took a 3×3 single of 37.43 down to 13.39, 64 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Shaun Mack — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1

0.25s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Shaun Mack over Noah Kim

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shaun Mack	6.60	7.77
4×4	Shaun Mack	27.91	33.51
5×5	Evan Liu	57.62	1:01.11
6×6	Jasmine Hazel Mackin	1:56.46	2:01.40
7×7	Evan Liu	2:32.35	2:44.52
3×3 blindfolded	Evan Liu	1:13.85	—
3×3 one-handed	Shaun Mack	10.06	12.58
Clock	Evan Liu	4.33	5.46
Skewb	Shaun Mack	2.27	3.65
Square-1	Shaun Mack	7.15	8.76
4×4 blindfolded	Evan Liu	7:58.75	—

The PB harvest

121 set · 20 still standing

Jasmine Hazel Mackin — 4×4 single 29.22: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jasmine Hazel Mackin — 7×7 single 2:45.23: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Alex Cheng — 6×6 single 2:05.70: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Charlie Kettlewell — 3×3 single 12.11: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Jasmine Hazel Mackin — Skewb single 4.73: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Conor Beamer — Skewb single 5.05: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Zhizhou Zhang (张址洲) — 3×3 single 13.39: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Michael Ben Raziel — Square-1 single 17.09: into the top 21.2% 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

88 competitors · 591 results · 11 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. Shaun Mack won it with a 7.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.