Competitions · United Kingdom

Bristol August 2025

Bristol, City of Bristol · 30 August 2025 · 9 events · 96 competitors · 82 personal bests

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) won four of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Blue James by 0.14 seconds. 96 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:31.04.

Four wins

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.14s

closest final — Clock, Blue James over Jacob Sherwen Brown

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aidan Grainger	7.78	8.31
2×2	Aidan Grainger	1.39	2.25
4×4	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	29.12	30.42
5×5	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	49.01	52.26
6×6	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	1:31.04	1:36.22
7×7	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	2:19.36	2:22.58
3×3 blindfolded	Thomas Patterson	24.96	—
Clock	Blue James	3.64	4.07
Square-1	Isaac Corker	6.10	6.96

The PB harvest

82 set · 40 still standing

Jiyi Wang (王吉怡) — 4×4 single 31.36: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Jiyi Wang (王吉怡) — 7×7 single 2:32.50: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Jiyi Wang (王吉怡) — 6×6 single 1:43.41: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Sam Shaw — 7×7 single 2:38.96: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Tom Salmon — Clock single 6.56: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Max Joseph — 6×6 single 1:58.42: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Carter Swan — Square-1 single 15.13: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Max Joseph — 7×7 single 3:24.73: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 637 results · 9 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. Aidan Grainger won it with a 8.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.