Competitions · United Kingdom

Crewe Winter 2025

Crewe, Cheshire · 15 February 2025 · 11 events · 78 competitors · 132 personal bests

Cham J. Chambers won four of the eleven events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dan Turner by 0.17 seconds. 78 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) set the 7×7 single national record: 2:27.97.

Four wins

Cham J. Chambers — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Dan Turner over Nicholas Archer

132

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	6.51	6.82
2×2	Dan Turner	1.40	1.77
4×4	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	29.07	32.55
5×5	Cham J. Chambers	48.77	54.43
6×6	Cham J. Chambers	1:25.81	1:28.95
7×7	Cham J. Chambers	2:25.98	2:30.26
3×3 blindfolded	Cham J. Chambers	37.95	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	7.66	8.56
Megaminx	Katie Moughan	38.16	42.61
Pyraminx	Edward Burgess	1.71	2.34
Skewb	Ariel Benchetrit	1.57	2.61

The PB harvest

132 set · 35 still standing

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) — 3×3 one-handed single 8.85: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Toby Sainthouse — 4×4 single 33.92: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Toby Sainthouse — 5×5 single 1:01.44: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Ivo Morley — Pyraminx single 3.72: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Oliver Castledine — 7×7 single 2:45.98: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Sofia McCormick — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Matt Prestwich — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Sofia McCormick — 3×3 one-handed single 15.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 722 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

78 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.