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Hono Luau Cube Off 2022

Honolulu, Hawaii · 24 September 2022 · 10 events · 60 competitors · 43 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won six of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.05 seconds. 60 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Darwin Williams took a Pyraminx single of 42.83 down to 9.70, 77 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Ryan Pilat over Varun Mohanraj
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matty Hiroto Inaba5.025.71
2×2Ryan Pilat1.402.35
4×4Matty Hiroto Inaba23.3127.00
5×5Matty Hiroto Inaba45.4048.30
6×6Matty Hiroto Inaba1:31.051:32.29
7×7Matty Hiroto Inaba2:12.832:19.17
3×3 one-handedMatty Hiroto Inaba10.5412.55
PyraminxRyan Pilat2.123.17
SkewbRyan Pilat2.114.21
Square-1Calvin Nielson7.478.70

The PB harvest

43 set · 18 still standing
  • Vinicius Byrne — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二) — Skewb single 3.31: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Jair Sosa — Skewb single 3.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Micah Platt — Pyraminx single 4.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Vinicius Byrne — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Yune Kim — 3×3 single 11.80: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
  • David Akamine — 3×3 single 13.08: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Vinicius Byrne — 3×3 one-handed single 19.53: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 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

60 competitors · 401 results · 10 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 5.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.