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PLU NxN 2022

Tacoma, Washington · 19 March 2022 · 6 events · 81 competitors · 72 personal bests

Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Matty Hiroto Inaba by 0.39 seconds. 81 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Antariksh Mishra took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:18.47 down to 21.16, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Matty Hiroto Inaba — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6
0.39s
closest final — 3×3, Matty Hiroto Inaba over Sameer Aggarwal
72
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matty Hiroto Inaba5.245.93
4×4Matty Hiroto Inaba23.9327.47
5×5Luke Tycksen44.3349.43
6×6Matty Hiroto Inaba1:27.131:37.59
7×7Luke Tycksen2:23.522:30.65
3×3 one-handedSameer Aggarwal8.3012.11

The PB harvest

72 set · 10 still standing
  • Daniel Pearson — 3×3 single 8.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Mehul Chaudhari — 3×3 single 9.31: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Mehul Chaudhari — 4×4 single 44.47: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • Parker Zieschang — 3×3 one-handed single 21.37: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Pearson — 5×5 single 1:26.94: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
  • Mehul Chaudhari — 6×6 single 2:56.70: into the top 39.4% of the event's history.
  • Parker Zieschang — 6×6 single 2:58.26: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
  • Tycho Nicol Hood — 4×4 single 1:09.09: into the top 46.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

81 competitors · 322 results · 6 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 5.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

81 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.