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Scramble in the Springs 2022

Colorado Springs, Colorado · 8 January 2022 · 6 events · 49 competitors · 65 personal bests

Asher Kim-Magierek won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Asher Kim-Magierek by 0.51 seconds. 49 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Doug Cannon took a Skewb single of 59.92 down to 19.87, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Asher Kim-Magierek — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, Megaminx
0.51s
closest final — 5×5, Asher Kim-Magierek over Dylan Hughlett
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Asher Kim-Magierek6.356.98
2×2Asher Kim-Magierek1.442.05
5×5Asher Kim-Magierek57.031:05.72
MegaminxAsher Kim-Magierek46.5549.64
PyraminxElijah Brown2.743.21
SkewbBrayden Wroten2.662.86

The PB harvest

65 set · 9 still standing
  • Nathaniel Thornell — Pyraminx single 2.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Bradley Sampson — Pyraminx single 4.77: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Jeffries — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Jackson Wroten — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Wes Evans — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • William Carreiro — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Nathaniel Thornell — Megaminx single 1:50.42: into the top 40.6% of the event's history.
  • Wes Evans — 5×5 single 2:19.12: into the top 60.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

49 competitors · 288 results · 6 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. Asher Kim-Magierek won it with a 6.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.