Competitions · United Kingdom

Chester Open 2019

Chester, Cheshire · 30 March 2019 · 14 events · 116 competitors · 136 personal bests

Robert Yau won four of the 14 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by George Scholey by 0.02 seconds. 116 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Cormac Farrell set the Megaminx average national record: 47.60.

Four wins

Robert Yau — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, George Scholey over Daniel Tidsey

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	George Scholey	7.61	8.42
2×2	George Scholey	1.27	2.12
4×4	Robert Yau	31.38	34.88
5×5	Robert Yau	57.80	59.92
6×6	Robert Yau	1:52.12	2:00.80
7×7	Robert Yau	2:53.89	2:56.73
3×3 blindfolded	Deni Mintsaev	26.63	—
Clock	Sam Shaw	6.27	7.36
Megaminx	Cormac Farrell	41.59	52.47
Skewb	George Scholey	2.69	3.45
Square-1	Charlie Stark	8.69	9.74
4×4 blindfolded	William Wright	3:38.15	—
5×5 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	9:43.97	—
3×3 with feet	Callum Hales-Jepp	40.59	42.96

The PB harvest

136 set · 29 still standing

Cormac Farrell — Megaminx single 41.59: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Horspool — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Oscar Jones — 4×4 single 38.43: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Tidsey — Clock single 6.94: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Ethan Horspool — 5×5 single 1:09.46: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Cameron Jones — 4×4 single 39.67: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Chong Jen Foong (莊振峰) — 2×2 single 2.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Sam Kenward — 3×3 single 16.77: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 908 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

116 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.