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Popular 'n Blind Flen 2022

Flen · 29 April 2022 · 12 events · 86 competitors · 132 personal bests

Jakob Gunnarsson won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Noah Pihlstrand by 0.12 seconds. 86 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Christian Lacle set the 3×3 single national record: 9.94.

Five wins
Jakob Gunnarsson — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.12s
closest final — Pyraminx, Noah Pihlstrand over Marcus Moberg
132
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jakob Gunnarsson6.586.96
2×2Thomas Mæhle Schmidt1.902.78
4×4Jakob Gunnarsson29.1833.41
5×5Jakob Gunnarsson57.341:03.30
3×3 blindfoldedJakob Gunnarsson20.88—
3×3 one-handedJakob Gunnarsson10.5311.81
ClockDaniel Wallin5.676.41
PyraminxNoah Pihlstrand3.103.84
SkewbMarcus Moberg2.523.54
4×4 blindfoldedDaniel Wallin2:34.94—
5×5 blindfoldedWilfrid Py24:35.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindDaniel Wallin31 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

132 set · 24 still standing
  • Noah Pihlstrand — 3×3 single 7.54: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Sofia Källström — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Viggo Fröcklin — 3×3 single 8.60: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Noah Pihlstrand — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Noah Pihlstrand — 4×4 single 33.61: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Noah Pihlstrand — 3×3 one-handed single 14.73: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Aron Levi Sigmundsson — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Einar Karlberg — 3×3 single 11.00: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 752 results · 12 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. Jakob Gunnarsson won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.