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Three Attempts Chicago 2022

Naperville, Illinois · 18 June 2022 · 4 events · 74 competitors · 77 personal bests

Brian Johnson won the 3×3 with a 6.70 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Carter Thomas by 0.21 seconds. 74 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elijah Ackerman took a 3×3 single of 39.74 down to 9.39, 76 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.21s
closest final — Clock, Carter Thomas over Reed W. Richardson
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson5.886.70
5×5Peter Weyers51.7156.55
ClockCarter Thomas3.985.12
Square-1Daniel Karnaukh5.406.64

The PB harvest

77 set · 14 still standing
  • Naima Axelrad — 3×3 single 10.14: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Isak Danke — 5×5 single 1:05.09: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Sofia Romera — 3×3 single 11.00: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • David King — Square-1 single 15.42: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Aaron Soley — 3×3 single 14.44: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
  • Owen Snyder — 3×3 single 15.18: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
  • Jude Turk — 3×3 single 16.68: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
  • Jason Kochan — 5×5 single 1:42.21: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

74 competitors · 383 results · 4 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. Brian Johnson won it with a 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.