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Stevenage Spring 2022

Stevenage, Hertfordshire · 30 April 2022 · 9 events · 216 competitors · 276 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won five of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Oliver Fritz by 0.03 seconds. 216 competitors produced 276 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 96 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Patrick Ponce set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 8.65.

Five wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.03s
closest final — Pyraminx, Oliver Fritz over Jason Harley
276
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce4.596.62
2×2Oliver Fritz1.221.96
4×4Patrick Ponce23.0525.00
5×5Patrick Ponce47.7152.24
3×3 blindfoldedBen Stokes23.7225.74
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce8.4710.53
MegaminxPatrick Ponce31.0636.79
PyraminxOliver Fritz1.963.15
SkewbGeorge Scholey2.242.70

The PB harvest

276 set · 51 still standing
  • Fabio Schwandt — Pyraminx single 1.81: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
  • Anqi Yu — Pyraminx single 2.23: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Yunus Uludag — 2×2 single 1.37: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Lichi Fang (方力驰) — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Bevan — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Josh Newton — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Tucker — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • David Llewellyn — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

96 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

216 competitors · 1835 results · 9 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

216 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.