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Competitions · United Kingdom

Aberdeen Autumn 2023

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire · 4 November 2023 · 6 events · 55 competitors · 41 personal bests

Jaye Sloan won three of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Johnny Morello Kerlaff by 0.03 seconds. 55 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Struan Lind took a 3×3 one-handed single of 2:06.60 down to 49.12, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Jaye Sloan — 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Johnny Morello Kerlaff over Alisher Kurmash
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alisher Kurmash6.258.53
2×2Johnny Morello Kerlaff2.082.82
3×3 blindfoldedJaye Sloan17.9021.81
3×3 one-handedJohnny Morello Kerlaff12.7616.20
PyraminxJaye Sloan3.144.15
SkewbJaye Sloan2.444.42

The PB harvest

41 set · 9 still standing
  • Carmen Teo Bin Jie (张斌婕) — 3×3 single 6.37: into the top 0.74% of the event's history.
  • Craig McNulty — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Michael Hay — 2×2 single 3.49: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Matthew MacLeod — 3×3 single 13.77: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Lachlan Kyle — 3×3 one-handed single 21.65: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
  • Matthew MacLeod — 2×2 single 5.02: into the top 39.6% of the event's history.
  • Arran Thomson — 2×2 single 7.98: into the top 67.7% of the event's history.
  • Struan Lind — Skewb single 12.51: into the top 68.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

55 competitors · 313 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. Alisher Kurmash won it with a 8.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.