Competitions · United States

ROC the Cube 2022

Rochester, New York · 4 June 2022 · 5 events · 88 competitors · 72 personal bests

Ryan Wu won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Lucas Nieuwland by 0.17 seconds. 88 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Moez Boussarsar set the 3×3 single national record: 7.29.

Three wins

Ryan Wu — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.17s

closest final — Clock, Lucas Nieuwland over Evan Liu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Wu	4.80	7.36
4×4	Ryan Wu	27.96	30.09
5×5	Ryan Wu	51.58	57.75
Clock	Lucas Nieuwland	4.86	5.15
Skewb	Joey Saia	3.19	3.49

The PB harvest

72 set · 22 still standing

Ryan Wu — 3×3 single 4.80: into the top 0.085% of the event's history.
Moez Boussarsar — 3×3 single 7.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Bobby Kirschner — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Luke Robles — 4×4 single 36.86: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Jack Ryan — 3×3 single 11.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Ben Eckdahl — 3×3 single 12.03: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Aleister Cox — 3×3 single 13.55: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Kenny Pham — 3×3 single 14.21: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

88 competitors · 338 results · 5 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. Ryan Wu won it with a 7.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

88 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.