Competitions · United States

Marshall Middle Slice 2022

San Diego, California · 27 August 2022 · 4 events · 139 competitors · 84 personal bests

Max Park won three of the four events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 1.58 seconds. 139 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 57 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Max Park set the 3×3 one-handed single world record: 6.20.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

1.58s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.72	5.87
5×5	Max Park	37.09	40.80
3×3 blindfolded	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	20.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	6.20	8.76

The PB harvest

84 set · 17 still standing

Max Park — 3×3 one-handed single 6.20: into the top 0.015% of the event's history.
Aaron Marquez — 3×3 single 8.91: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Cody Tran — 3×3 single 8.94: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Alexander Welch — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Garrett High — 3×3 single 10.19: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Jonathan Soto Valenzuela — 3×3 one-handed single 15.02: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Reed Bennon — 3×3 single 11.81: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Gladwin Ly — 3×3 single 13.91: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

57 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

139 competitors · 448 results · 4 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. Max Park won it with a 5.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

139 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.