Competitions · United States

San Diego Spring 2022

San Diego, California · 16 April 2022 · 5 events · 116 competitors · 83 personal bests

Max Park won two of the five events (3×3, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.03 seconds. 116 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Max Park set the 3×3 single continental record: 4.09.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 7×7

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.09	5.40
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.49	1.52
7×7	Max Park	1:50.86	1:55.96
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	26.85	—
Pyraminx	Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃)	2.13	2.36

The PB harvest

83 set · 15 still standing

Nate Minkevich — 3×3 single 6.81: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Alan Perez — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Bernardo Esparza — 3×3 single 12.10: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Jacob DeWeerd — 2×2 single 3.25: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Alex Rojas — 3×3 single 13.90: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
Pengfei Zhong (钟鹏飞) — 3×3 single 15.59: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
Matthias Tam — Pyraminx single 7.16: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.
Justin Nguyen — 3×3 single 18.34: into the top 35.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 385 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. Max Park won it with a 5.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.