Competitions · United States

Milwaukee First 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin · 6 August 2022 · 4 events · 140 competitors · 118 personal bests

Luke Garrett won two of the four events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Zeke Mackay by 0.10 seconds. 140 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Devin Diaz took a 2×2 single of 21.06 down to 5.04, 76 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Luke Garrett — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — Pyraminx, Zeke Mackay over Brian Johnson

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ben Zhao	5.97	7.01
2×2	Luke Garrett	1.15	1.49
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	9.60	10.37
Pyraminx	Zeke Mackay	2.29	2.48

The PB harvest

118 set · 27 still standing

Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — 3×3 single 6.13: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Will Cerne — 3×3 one-handed single 13.13: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
William Casey O'keefe — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Władysław Potok — Pyraminx single 3.98: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Evan Ray Weigel — 3×3 one-handed single 15.41: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
David King — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Wandi Jiang (蒋宛荻) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.06: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Carter Wall — 3×3 single 11.68: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 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

140 competitors · 762 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. Ben Zhao won it with a 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.