Competitions · United States

Empire State Winter A 2022

Albany, New York · 15 January 2022 · 5 events · 76 competitors · 69 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Patrick Ponce by 1.40 seconds. 76 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Nicolas Naing set the Megaminx single continental record: 28.19.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

1.40s

closest final — 3×3, Patrick Ponce over Rami Sbahi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	4.93	6.33
4×4	Patrick Ponce	21.46	24.08
6×6	Patrick Ponce	1:40.09	1:47.06
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.38	10.51
Megaminx	Nicolas Naing	28.19	32.42

The PB harvest

69 set · 11 still standing

Chengyang Song (宋成阳) — 4×4 single 27.53: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Stephen Viray — 3×3 one-handed single 11.06: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Asa Fleischer — 3×3 single 11.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Goldstein — 3×3 one-handed single 21.95: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
Aarav Yadav — 4×4 single 51.72: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.
Asa Fleischer — 4×4 single 52.01: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
Benjamin A. Rosan — 3×3 single 16.38: into the top 29.0% of the event's history.
William Millecchia — 3×3 one-handed single 25.13: into the top 34.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 331 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

76 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.