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Winnipeg Open 2022

Winnipeg, Manitoba · 18 June 2022 · 14 events · 58 competitors · 41 personal bests

Max Xiong (熊锐明) won four of the 14 events (6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Carter Bitz by 0.05 seconds. 58 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Xiong (熊锐明) set the 6×6 average national record: 1:31.38.

Four wins
Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.05s
closest final — 5×5, Carter Bitz over Max Xiong (熊锐明)
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Carter Bitz7.018.59
2×2Walker Welch2.192.85
4×4Carter Bitz28.8631.67
5×5Carter Bitz52.2457.45
6×6Max Xiong (熊锐明)1:25.431:31.38
7×7Max Xiong (熊锐明)1:59.292:07.40
3×3 blindfoldedWalker Welch1:19.441:41.88
3×3 one-handedMax Xiong (熊锐明)11.3812.09
ClockNathan Rahn5.486.99
MegaminxMax Xiong (熊锐明)56.331:01.05
PyraminxAaron Cox3.174.74
SkewbNathan Rahn3.924.21
Square-1Nathan Rahn8.9912.24
4×4 blindfoldedWalker Welch8:23.17

The PB harvest

41 set · 19 still standing
  • Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 7×7 single 1:56.97: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
  • Noah Dunlop — Skewb single 3.57: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Alex Stibbard — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Kai-Yi Mao (茆鎧驛) — 3×3 single 12.13: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Alex Stibbard — 2×2 single 3.18: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
  • Dawson Penner — 2×2 single 3.49: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Friesen — 2×2 single 3.49: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Noah Dunlop — 3×3 single 14.14: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

58 competitors · 466 results · 14 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. Carter Bitz won it with a 8.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.