Competitions · United States

West Chester Fall 2022

West Chester, Pennsylvania · 10 December 2022 · 6 events · 180 competitors · 182 personal bests

Christopher Sun won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Carter Williams by 0.07 seconds. 180 competitors produced 182 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rafik Eskandar set the 5×5 single national record: 1:03.62.

Two wins

Christopher Sun — 3×3, 5×5

0.07s

closest final — Clock, Carter Williams over Evan Liu

182

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christopher Sun	7.12	7.39
2×2	Kye Carretero	1.52	1.85
5×5	Christopher Sun	47.36	53.86
3×3 one-handed	Richard Jiankun Peng (彭健坤)	10.26	11.99
Clock	Carter Williams	5.36	5.64
Square-1	Samuel Fang	6.37	7.14

The PB harvest

182 set · 43 still standing

Zachariah Black — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Srijay Bandi — 2×2 single 1.72: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Arnur Yeszhanov — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Srijay Bandi — Square-1 single 9.83: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Zachariah Black — 5×5 single 1:01.65: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Arnur Yeszhanov — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Quinn Mendenhall — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Corey Sakowski — Clock single 6.09: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

180 competitors · 780 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. Christopher Sun won it with a 7.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.