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Competitions · United Kingdom

Bolton Spring 2023

Bolton, Greater Manchester · 18 March 2023 · 10 events · 97 competitors · 154 personal bests

Daniel Partridge won six of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Daniel Partridge by 0.03 seconds. 97 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Partridge set the 2×2 single national record: 0.65.

Six wins
Daniel Partridge — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Daniel Partridge over Luke Burns
154
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Partridge7.888.26
2×2Danny Morgan1.732.13
4×4Matthew Lowe27.5933.64
5×5Katie Moughan59.541:02.83
3×3 one-handedDaniel Partridge11.8415.28
ClockDaniel Partridge4.845.98
MegaminxAidan Grainger34.5236.42
PyraminxDaniel Partridge1.521.92
SkewbDaniel Partridge3.164.20
Square-1Daniel Partridge8.3910.82

The PB harvest

154 set · 33 still standing
  • Daniel Partridge — 2×2 single 0.65: into the top 0.075% of the event's history.
  • Jaye Sloan — 2×2 single 0.87: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
  • Rongson Li Chen — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
  • Edward Nutter — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
  • Katie Moughan — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Edward Nutter — 3×3 single 7.70: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Edward Nutter — 4×4 single 29.28: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Sritan Parupudi — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 899 results · 10 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. Daniel Partridge won it with a 8.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.