Competitions · United Kingdom

August Bank Holiday Competition 2016

Sheffield, South Yorkshire · 27 August 2016 · 14 events · 67 competitors · 83 personal bests

Robert Yau won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Robert Yau by 0.01 seconds. 67 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Robert Yau set the 6×6 average national record: 2:05.63.

Five wins

Robert Yau — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Robert Yau over Callum Hales-Jepp

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Robert Yau	9.34	9.69
2×2	Ben Whitmore	2.18	2.51
4×4	Robert Yau	29.17	33.82
5×5	Breandan Vallance	57.75	1:02.44
6×6	Robert Yau	2:00.83	2:05.63
7×7	Evan Liu	3:11.61	3:18.00
3×3 blindfolded	Oliver Frost	32.56	—
3×3 one-handed	Robert Yau	14.70	16.26
Clock	Evan Liu	6.09	7.16
Megaminx	Robert Yau	50.56	54.49
Pyraminx	Daniel Sheppard	4.18	5.57
Square-1	Charlie Stark	9.77	11.37
4×4 blindfolded	Oliver Frost	2:43.60	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Callum Hales-Jepp	14 of 15 cubes · 55:07	—

The PB harvest

83 set · 17 still standing

Jialin Zhou — 3×3 blindfolded single 48.13: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Ryan Jones — Megaminx single 1:09.66: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Andrew McFarthing — 3×3 single 13.42: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Ryan Jones — 3×3 one-handed single 20.86: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Reddy — 3×3 single 16.35: into the top 28.9% of the event's history.
Ben Whitmore — Clock single 10.84: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
Gabriel Reddy — Pyraminx single 7.60: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.
Joe Barsby — Square-1 single 23.60: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

67 competitors · 564 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

67 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.