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Rose City First-Timers A 2022

Portland, Oregon · 8 May 2022 · 1 events · 56 competitors · 8 personal bests

Lucas Libed won the 3×3 with a 9.23 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lucas Libed by 1.67 seconds. 56 competitors produced 8 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Krisstyn Gutierrez took a 3×3 single of 43.28 down to 27.84, 36 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
1.67s
closest final — 3×3, Lucas Libed over Bharadwaj Duggaraju
8
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lucas Libed8.909.23

The PB harvest

8 set · 2 still standing
  • Mia Sandgathe — 3×3 single 18.74: into the top 36.3% of the event's history.
  • Enzo Midnight Nepsa — 3×3 single 31.04: into the top 64.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

56 competitors · 108 results · 1 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. Lucas Libed won it with a 9.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.