Competitions · United Kingdom

Bolton Summer 2023

Bolton, Greater Manchester · 5 August 2023 · 10 events · 123 competitors · 124 personal bests

Nicholas Archer won two of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Danny Morgan by 0.08 seconds. 123 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ethan Tyaba Kigundu set the 3×3 single national record: 11.30.

Two wins

Nicholas Archer — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.08s

closest final — 4×4, Danny Morgan over Daniel Partridge

124

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lukas Shelley	6.01	6.38
2×2	Nicholas Archer	1.67	1.88
4×4	Danny Morgan	30.89	32.94
5×5	Daniel Partridge	50.71	56.26
3×3 blindfolded	Jaye Sloan	18.65	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	8.43	10.49
Pyraminx	Daniel Partridge	2.10	2.36
Square-1	Billie Hammill	10.24	10.83
4×4 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	1:46.72	—
5×5 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	3:36.39	—

The PB harvest

124 set · 43 still standing

William Petrie — 3×3 single 7.95: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Fred Lang — Pyraminx single 3.12: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
James W. Adams — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
James W. Adams — 4×4 single 34.19: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Raiyan Faraaz Quadery — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Humayra Iftikhar — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
James W. Adams — Pyraminx single 4.31: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Leon Lang — 3×3 single 10.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

123 competitors · 883 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

123 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.