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CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022

Boston, Massachusetts · 27 May 2022 · 17 events · 266 competitors · 445 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jerry Yao by 0.01 seconds. 266 competitors produced 445 personal bests, 82 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Sameer Aggarwal set the Square-1 single world record: 4.37.

Three wins
Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Jerry Yao over Will Callan
445
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matty Hiroto Inaba4.525.97
2×2Jerry Yao1.391.62
4×4Patrick Ponce21.0825.35
5×5Patrick Ponce44.7947.87
6×6Kevin Hays1:26.721:28.30
7×7Kevin Hays2:00.542:08.95
3×3 blindfoldedElliott Kobelansky16.01—
3×3 Fewest MovesKrish Shah-Nathwani21 moves23.67
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce10.2010.72
ClockAedan Bryant4.465.11
MegaminxNicolas Naing29.8232.74
PyraminxEzra Shere2.372.51
SkewbCarter Kucala2.023.59
Square-1Sameer Aggarwal4.375.43
4×4 blindfoldedElliott Kobelansky1:57.18—
5×5 blindfoldedStanley Chapel——
3×3 Multi-BlindElliott Kobelansky48 of 55 cubes · 57:09—

The PB harvest

445 set · 82 still standing
  • Samuel Fang — Square-1 single 4.45: into the top 0.095% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Broderick Phillips — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
  • Andres Rodriguez — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Kris Stuart — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Michael Ben Raziel — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Tian — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Conrad Chua — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Michael Breen — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

266 competitors · 3240 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

266 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.