Competitions · United Kingdom
Cambridge Side Events Winter 2023
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · 11 February 2023 · 10 events · 39 competitors · 60 personal bests
Ezra Hirschi won three of the ten events (3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Sean Moran by 0.35 seconds. 39 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A continental record
Ryan Eckersley set the 5×5 blindfolded average continental record: 4:22.11.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Eli Jay | 7.91 | 8.02 |
| 4×4 | Eli Jay | 30.29 | 31.30 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Ezra Hirschi | 21.85 | 25.02 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 24 moves | 25.00 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Sean Moran | 11.31 | 14.55 |
| Clock | Ezra Hirschi | 6.36 | 7.01 |
| Megaminx | Sean Moran | 29.97 | 35.41 |
| Square-1 | Ryan Eckersley | 8.65 | 9.46 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Ryan Eckersley | 1:48.40 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Ezra Hirschi | 3:45.27 | — |
The PB harvest
60 set · 15 still standing- Eli Jay — 3×3 single 5.16: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
- William Wright — 5×5 blindfolded single 4:13.22: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
- William Wright — 4×4 blindfolded single 2:05.11: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
- Ryan Eckersley — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
- Haotian Hu (胡皓天) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
- Dan Turner — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
- Alex Walker — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
- William Wright — 4×4 single 43.54: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
One person 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
4 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
39 competitors · 307 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. Eli Jay won it with a 8.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 F' R2 D2 F' D2 U2 F' U' B2 L D' R2 B' U F D2 R' - 2
L' R2 B' D2 F L2 U2 R2 F2 U2 L B' D' R2 B F D U B - 3
U2 R' B F2 D B2 R2 F2 L2 D' R2 U' L F R2 U2 B' U B - 4
U2 B2 D' F2 D B2 U B2 F2 R2 F L' R' D' U' R D B L' R - 5
U2 B L2 B2 L2 D' R2 U F2 B U R' F' D' L F2 R2 D2 B
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
39 competitors- Achintya Madhukar
- Aidan Grainger
- AJ Nicholls
- Alex Walker
- Andrea Javier
- Anjie Tan (谭安杰)
- Ashwyn Wadhawan
- Bo Forsell
- Callum Hales-Jepp
- CJ Brooke
- Dan Turner
- David Forsell
- Eli Jay
- Ethan Lam
- Ezra Hirschi
- Fabio Schwandt
- Haotian Hu (胡皓天)
- Harry Owen
- Jago Foord
- James Wang
- Jan Bentlage
- Jeannie Farquharson-Wood
- Joby William Hastwell
- Joey Gouly
- Lichi Fang (方力驰)
- Megan Neely
- Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)
- Noah Calderon-Kamata
- Robert Yau
- Russell Goh
- Ryan Eckersley
- Sam Spendla
- Sean Moran
- Simone Ohler
- Thomas Bevan
- William Wright
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋)
- Zhimei Liu (刘智美)
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.