Competitions · United States

Silver Spring Summer 2022

Silver Spring, Maryland · 13 August 2022 · 5 events · 137 competitors · 95 personal bests

Zavian Valedon won the 3×3 with a 7.60 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zavian Valedon by 0.18 seconds. 137 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 43 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Liam Combs took a Clock single of 1:05.37 down to 10.37, 84 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.18s

closest final — 3×3, Zavian Valedon over Daniel Mullen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zavian Valedon	7.26	7.60
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	16.49	17.88
Clock	Daniel Mullen	4.53	5.68
Pyraminx	Michael Nielsen	1.57	2.10
Square-1	Brayden Adams	8.75	11.49

The PB harvest

95 set · 23 still standing

Stanley Ou — 3×3 single 7.04: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Owen Mumford — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Stanley Ou — Square-1 single 11.33: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Adam Martinson — 3×3 single 10.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Owen Mumford — Pyraminx single 5.07: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Andre Nguyen — 3×3 single 12.02: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Hiro Fukui — Pyraminx single 5.23: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Quin Kondis — Square-1 single 14.39: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

43 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

137 competitors · 504 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. Zavian Valedon won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

137 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.