Competitions · United States

Happy Valley Fall 2022

State College, Pennsylvania · 3 December 2022 · 5 events · 78 competitors · 53 personal bests

Shaun Mack won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Shaun Mack by 0.40 seconds. 78 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

John Smith took a 3×3 one-handed single of 36.44 down to 18.49, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Shaun Mack — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.40s

closest final — 3×3, Shaun Mack over Christopher Sun

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shaun Mack	6.49	7.06
4×4	Ari Randers-Pehrson	22.67	24.94
7×7	Ari Randers-Pehrson	2:30.48	2:36.71
3×3 one-handed	Shaun Mack	10.96	12.26
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.46	2.81

The PB harvest

53 set · 10 still standing

John Smith — 3×3 one-handed single 18.49: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Kyus Kimler — 3×3 single 12.81: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Conor Beamer — 4×4 single 44.70: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Kyus Kimler — 3×3 one-handed single 20.59: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Arda Wuyts — 3×3 single 14.66: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
Charles Rosler — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Duncan Stone — 3×3 single 16.12: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
Arda Wuyts — 3×3 one-handed single 29.22: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 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

78 competitors · 349 results · 5 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 7.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.