Competitions · United Kingdom

August Bank Holiday Competition 2015

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · 29 August 2015 · 15 events · 103 competitors · 168 personal bests

Daniel Sheppard won three of the 15 events (3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Sheppard by 0.28 seconds. 103 competitors produced 168 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shaiban Al Shaibani set the 3×3 single national record: 19.58.

Three wins

Daniel Sheppard — 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Pyraminx

0.28s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Sheppard over Ciarán Beahan

168

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Lau	8.07	8.44
2×2	Sameer Mahmood	1.83	2.34
4×4	Robert Yau	32.90	33.84
5×5	Ciarán Beahan	1:03.22	1:05.18
6×6	Robert Yau	2:02.65	2:10.56
7×7	Ciarán Beahan	3:05.67	3:09.00
3×3 blindfolded	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	35.63	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Sheppard	27 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Sameer Mahmood	13.34	14.54
Clock	Daniel Sheppard	7.85	8.22
Pyraminx	Daniel Sheppard	3.45	3.76
Skewb	Eli Jay	4.35	4.65
4×4 blindfolded	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	7:06.37	—
5×5 blindfolded	Bertie Longden	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿)	8 of 8 cubes · 35:58	—

The PB harvest

168 set · 28 still standing

Robert Yau — Pyraminx single 2.11: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Oliver Blount — Pyraminx single 4.78: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Greg Austin — Skewb single 4.24: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Oliver Blount — 3×3 single 11.76: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Nathan Armour — Pyraminx single 5.04: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Nathan Armour — Skewb single 4.69: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Coghill — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 31 moves: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Oscar Stapleton — Pyraminx single 6.28: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

103 competitors · 891 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

103 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.