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Competitions · United Kingdom

ABHC 2014

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · 23 August 2014 · 18 events · 56 competitors · 110 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won three of the 18 events (4×4, 7×7, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Cornelius Dieckmann by 0.14 seconds. 56 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Oliver Frost set the 4×4 blindfolded single world record: 2:25.27.

Three wins
Ciarán Beahan — 4×4, 7×7, Pyraminx
0.14s
closest final — 3×3, Cornelius Dieckmann over Alexander Lau
110
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann7.018.04
2×2Sameer Mahmood1.762.18
4×4Ciarán Beahan34.9835.93
5×5Breandan Vallance58.331:01.68
6×6Robert Yau2:32.792:38.18
7×7Ciarán Beahan3:12.233:30.23
3×3 blindfoldedMatthew Sheerin41.64
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Sheppard26 moves27.67
3×3 one-handedSameer Mahmood14.0215.87
ClockRyan Jones6.177.62
MegaminxRobert Yau54.0756.19
PyraminxCiarán Beahan4.154.63
SkewbChris Wall4.176.97
Square-1Robert Yau15.3019.19
4×4 blindfoldedOliver Frost2:25.272:35.62
5×5 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp11:42.00
3×3 Multi-BlindCallum Hales-Jepp8 of 9 cubes · 30:17
3×3 with feetCallum Hales-Jepp45.5952.76

The PB harvest

110 set · 20 still standing
  • Daniel Sheppard — 3×3 one-handed single 13.65: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Lau — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Mark Skelton — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Sheerin — 4×4 blindfolded single 3:58.26: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Mark Skelton — 3×3 single 12.48: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Lara Craig — 3×3 single 13.25: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Lara Craig — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Adlam — 4×4 single 46.76: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

23 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 666 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

56 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.