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Rose City First-Timers B 2022

Portland, Oregon · 8 May 2022 · 1 events · 70 competitors · 14 personal bests

Will Faust won the 3×3 with a 10.59 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Will Faust by 0.38 seconds. 70 competitors produced 14 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kinkajou Celeste Oren took a 3×3 single of 29.20 down to 10.55, 64 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
0.38s
closest final — 3×3, Will Faust over Keenan Johnson
14
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Will Faust9.8710.59

The PB harvest

14 set · 5 still standing
  • Brian Riddle — 3×3 single 9.06: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • David Faust — 3×3 single 22.11: into the top 45.7% of the event's history.
  • Breana Downs — 3×3 single 42.38: into the top 79.5% of the event's history.
  • Cade Lilley — 3×3 single 42.72: into the top 79.9% of the event's history.
  • Alanna Angeles — 3×3 single 54.67: into the top 89.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 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

70 competitors · 132 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. Will Faust won it with a 10.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.