Competitions · United Kingdom

Birmingham Open 2016

Birmingham, West Midlands · 17 December 2016 · 15 events · 80 competitors · 143 personal bests

Robert Yau won four of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Evan Liu by 0.07 seconds. 80 competitors produced 143 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Evan Liu set the Clock average world record: 5.33.

Four wins

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

0.07s

closest final — Clock, Evan Liu over James Molloy

143

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Robert Yau	8.31	9.20
2×2	Ben Whitmore	1.31	2.47
4×4	Robert Yau	33.68	35.96
5×5	Breandan Vallance	1:00.81	1:04.84
6×6	Breandan Vallance	2:07.34	2:13.21
7×7	Evan Liu	3:16.92	3:24.79
3×3 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	53.74	59.60
3×3 one-handed	Robert Yau	14.39	17.08
Clock	Evan Liu	6.01	8.31
Megaminx	Robert Yau	54.41	1:00.70
Pyraminx	Harry Savage	3.10	3.48
Skewb	Karam Al-Robaie	3.98	4.26
Square-1	Charlie Stark	8.45	9.47
5×5 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	8:29.67	—
3×3 with feet	Callum Hales-Jepp	43.93	52.51

The PB harvest

143 set · 22 still standing

Ben Whitmore — Pyraminx single 2.35: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Steven Kearns — Skewb single 2.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Steven Kearns — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Ben Whitmore — Square-1 single 11.14: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Harry Taylor — Skewb single 4.20: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Harry Branson — Pyraminx single 5.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Sam Porter — Skewb single 4.59: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Sam Porter — 2×2 single 3.08: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 646 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

80 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.