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New York Championship 2022

Albany, New York · 2 July 2022 · 17 events · 233 competitors · 288 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the 17 events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kyle Meade by 0.10 seconds. 233 competitors produced 288 personal bests, 68 of which still stand today, and 105 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Nicolas Naing set the Megaminx average continental record: 30.67.

Three wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Kyle Meade over Christopher Sun
288
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce5.366.52
2×2Kyle Meade1.462.38
4×4Brandon Nunez21.8723.61
5×5Patrick Ponce39.5245.13
6×6Brandon Nunez1:34.571:36.55
7×7Brandon Nunez2:15.962:18.57
3×3 blindfoldedChristopher Sun35.63—
3×3 Fewest MovesIshaan Lal23 moves24.67
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce9.2411.49
ClockEvan Liu4.765.78
MegaminxNicolas Naing29.5131.74
PyraminxSteven Wintringham2.222.46
SkewbDaniel Rose-Levine2.413.51
Square-1Calvin Nielson6.276.74
4×4 blindfoldedChristopher Sun4:25.68—
5×5 blindfoldedChristopher Sun10:37.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindAbner Brijesh19 of 23 cubes · 1:00:02—

The PB harvest

288 set · 68 still standing
  • Jinseo Hong — 3×3 single 6.03: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
  • Pahul Singh — 3×3 single 7.02: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Stephen Bohner — Square-1 single 8.06: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Rock Weiss — 3×3 single 8.64: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Jordan Vogel — 3×3 single 8.80: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Abner Brijesh — 3×3 single 9.00: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Yijun Han — 3×3 one-handed single 13.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Steven Mattson — 3×3 single 9.08: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

105 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

233 competitors · 1597 results · 17 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

233 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.