JavaScript (Node.js), 120110 bytes
n=6;a="2";forn=6;a=[2];for(;n-->0;a=a.split("").reverse().reduce((v,e,i)=>v.concat(Array(e*1).fill(i+1)),[]).join(""));console.log(a.join(""))
Set n
at the start to change which element of the sequence is calculated.
Unfortunately, this is a rather long answer, due to JavaScript's wordy array operator functions.