Competitions · United Kingdom

Chester Spring 2022

Chester, Cheshire · 14 May 2022 · 12 events · 74 competitors · 79 personal bests

Ben Stokes won four of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Joseph Briggs by 0.13 seconds. 74 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ezra Hirschi set the 5×5 blindfolded single national record: 6:03.21.

Four wins

Ben Stokes — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Joseph Briggs over Dean David

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joseph Briggs	7.30	8.91
2×2	Ben Stokes	1.71	2.00
4×4	Ben Stokes	35.68	37.17
5×5	Daniel Evans	1:01.47	1:05.58
6×6	Daniel Evans	1:45.67	1:55.22
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	27.24	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Callum Hales-Jepp	21 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Joseph Briggs	9.72	11.83
Megaminx	Katie Moughan	40.86	43.61
Skewb	Ben Stokes	3.91	4.65
4×4 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	3:23.29	—
5×5 blindfolded	Ezra Hirschi	6:03.21	6:30.73

The PB harvest

79 set · 24 still standing

Charlie Stark — 2×2 single 1.00: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Callum Hales-Jepp — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Joseph Briggs — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Oliver Wheat — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Stephen Waller — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Jake William Shepherdson — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Callum Hales-Jepp — 6×6 single 1:52.75: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Ezra Hirschi — Skewb single 4.17: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 615 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

74 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.