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Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022

Frisco, Colorado · 15 October 2022 · 6 events · 64 competitors · 65 personal bests

Jacob Nokes won five of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jacob Nokes by 1.06 seconds. 64 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Estevan Lujan took a 6×6 single of 4:07.55 down to 2:29.12, 40 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Jacob Nokes — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
1.06s
closest final — 3×3, Jacob Nokes over Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jacob Nokes6.897.97
4×4Jacob Nokes26.1730.82
5×5Jacob Nokes42.9854.48
6×6Jacob Nokes1:28.611:44.92
7×7Jacob Nokes2:19.062:34.62
5×5 blindfoldedElizabeth Cutting15:24.00

The PB harvest

65 set · 7 still standing
  • Caleb Pelster — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Hoppes — 5×5 single 1:23.66: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Pelster — 5×5 single 1:29.55: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
  • Erick Linares — 4×4 single 1:03.37: into the top 40.0% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Hoppes — 6×6 single 3:11.64: into the top 46.6% of the event's history.
  • William Causey — 3×3 single 26.44: into the top 55.7% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Hoppes — 7×7 single 5:47.69: into the top 64.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

64 competitors · 257 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. Jacob Nokes won it with a 7.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.