Competitions · United Kingdom

Bristol Summer 2023

Bristol, City of Bristol · 8 July 2023 · 10 events · 112 competitors · 154 personal bests

Ben Stokes won three of the ten events (6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源) by 0.21 seconds. 112 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adam Stringer took a Clock single of 52.17 down to 8.35, 84 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ben Stokes — 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded

0.21s

closest final — Clock, Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源) over Sam Shaw

154

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Wolf Dunn	8.01	8.36
4×4	Dean David	28.50	30.73
5×5	Bart Sekulski	49.80	58.59
6×6	Ben Stokes	1:41.63	1:50.26
7×7	Ben Stokes	2:59.85	3:08.75
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	19.24	—
3×3 one-handed	Dean David	13.77	15.65
Clock	Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)	4.34	5.07
Megaminx	Aidan Grainger	32.80	34.56
Square-1	Ryan Eckersley	8.45	9.15

The PB harvest

154 set · 37 still standing

Elise Clayton — 3×3 single 10.17: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Lichi Fang (方力驰) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.44: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Oscar Coleman Green — Square-1 single 12.98: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Oliver Wheat — 5×5 single 1:16.27: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Liam Thomas Richards — 3×3 single 12.80: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Edd Dibley — 6×6 single 2:15.57: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Pete Lee — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Chris Wright — 4×4 single 47.90: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

112 competitors · 774 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

112 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.