Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady Spring 2022

College Park, Maryland · 2 April 2022 · 5 events · 158 competitors · 121 personal bests

Luke Griesser won the 3×3 with a 6.64 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Luke Griesser by 0.09 seconds. 158 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sam Popp took a 3×3 one-handed single of 59.44 down to 18.34, 69 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Luke Griesser over Christopher Sun

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Griesser	5.56	6.64
2×2	Zayn Khanani	0.94	1.17
5×5	Christopher Sun	48.01	52.82
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	19.50	—
3×3 one-handed	Keaton Ellis	11.41	12.81

The PB harvest

121 set · 23 still standing

Amod Mathur — 3×3 one-handed single 11.74: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Seth Windham — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Vincent Trang — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Seth Windham — 3×3 one-handed single 14.08: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Eli Geller — 3×3 single 10.54: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Michael Yoo Fatemi — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Michael Kaiser — 5×5 single 1:07.58: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Noah Watai — 3×3 one-handed single 17.53: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 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

158 competitors · 571 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. Luke Griesser won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

158 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.