Competitions · United Kingdom

Cambridge Open 2018

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · 15 December 2018 · 9 events · 89 competitors · 131 personal bests

Philipp Weyer won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Sam Spendla by 0.06 seconds. 89 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anqi Yu set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 3:37.14.

Three wins

Philipp Weyer — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — Clock, Sam Spendla over Sam Shaw

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Philipp Weyer	5.43	6.77
4×4	Philipp Weyer	27.21	30.01
5×5	Robert Yau	52.06	56.68
6×6	Eli Jay	1:46.25	1:54.32
7×7	Robert Yau	2:48.45	2:54.61
3×3 blindfolded	Christopher Morris	24.76	—
3×3 one-handed	Philipp Weyer	11.57	12.41
Clock	Sam Spendla	5.66	7.03
Megaminx	Sean Moran	42.32	47.62

The PB harvest

131 set · 27 still standing

Joe Ewbank — 5×5 single 1:00.41: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Joe Ewbank — 7×7 single 2:50.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Luca Rizzi — 5×5 single 1:04.31: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Joe Ewbank — Clock single 7.96: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Matt Gaston — 3×3 single 12.58: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Eli Jay — Clock single 8.34: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Andrew Blackburn — 3×3 single 13.47: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Alex Burns — 3×3 one-handed single 19.64: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 811 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

89 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.