Competitions · United States

Pueblo Puzzling 2022

Pueblo, Colorado · 13 August 2022 · 7 events · 95 competitors · 111 personal bests

Brayden Wroten won three of the seven events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jack Bellomy by 0.24 seconds. 95 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kaden Matsumoto took a Pyraminx single of 59.59 down to 12.37, 79 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Brayden Wroten — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.24s

closest final — 3×3, Jack Bellomy over Jacob Nokes

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jack Bellomy	7.23	8.84
2×2	Brayden Wroten	1.26	2.36
7×7	Lydia Workman	2:34.03	2:42.42
3×3 one-handed	Brayden Wroten	13.20	14.08
Clock	Miles Walcott	5.48	6.07
Pyraminx	Jack Bellomy	2.82	3.53
Skewb	Brayden Wroten	2.52	3.18

The PB harvest

111 set · 23 still standing

Judd Brau — 3×3 single 11.32: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Hudson Stuart — Pyraminx single 6.22: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Iver Belobraidic — Pyraminx single 6.57: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
Judd Brau — 3×3 one-handed single 27.44: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.
Judd Brau — Skewb single 7.90: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.
Sam Schwecke — 3×3 single 20.59: into the top 41.6% of the event's history.
Joseph Snodgrass — 3×3 one-handed single 29.64: into the top 45.8% of the event's history.
Erick Linares — Skewb single 8.63: into the top 45.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 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

95 competitors · 510 results · 7 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. Jack Bellomy won it with a 8.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.