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Welcome Back Portland 2022

Portland, Oregon · 12 March 2022 · 5 events · 57 competitors · 40 personal bests

Max Siauw won two of the five events (4×4, Square-1) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Kit Clement by 0.04 seconds. 57 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Max Siauw set the 3×3 single continental record: 4.22.

Two wins
Max Siauw — 4×4, Square-1
0.04s
closest final — Clock, Kit Clement over Sameer Aggarwal
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sameer Aggarwal6.266.87
4×4Max Siauw26.2129.18
3×3 blindfoldedJason White37.35
ClockKit Clement6.458.14
Square-1Max Siauw6.046.35

The PB harvest

40 set · 8 still standing
  • Johnny Yejun Kim — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Noah Oh — 4×4 single 35.46: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Jason White — Clock single 6.71: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Clancy Caster — Square-1 single 12.81: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Sam Adams — 3×3 single 11.62: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Jin Marc Kadyk — 4×4 single 55.32: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
  • Kovin Evarts — 4×4 single 59.49: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.
  • Kovin Evarts — Square-1 single 33.07: into the top 55.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 252 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 6.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.