Competitions · United States

Mt. Prospect Open 2022

Mt. Prospect, Illinois · 8 October 2022 · 5 events · 180 competitors · 114 personal bests

Luke Garrett won two of the five events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Simon Kellum by 0.23 seconds. 180 competitors produced 114 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 78 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daxton Smathers took a Pyraminx single of 29.34 down to 11.85, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, Megaminx

0.23s

closest final — Pyraminx, Simon Kellum over Brian Johnson

114

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.72	6.31
2×2	Brian Johnson	0.94	1.18
7×7	Jack Pfeifer	2:08.66	2:19.30
Megaminx	Luke Garrett	37.93	42.69
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	1.92	2.41

The PB harvest

114 set · 35 still standing

Henry Lichner — 2×2 single 1.26: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Kaustubh Bukkapatnam — Pyraminx single 4.99: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Joshua Block — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Michael Sparks — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Dhruv Arora — 7×7 single 3:18.84: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Jake Buckley — Megaminx single 1:14.88: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
Nicholas Chang — 3×3 single 13.33: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
David King — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

78 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

180 competitors · 680 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 6.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.