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Cuthberts Open 2013

Hatfield, Hertfordshire · 5 October 2013 · 13 events · 51 competitors · 94 personal bests

Robert Yau won three of the 13 events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ben Whitmore by 0.38 seconds. 51 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Conor Cronin set the Clock single continental record: 9.39.

Three wins
Robert Yau — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7
0.38s
closest final — 2×2, Ben Whitmore over Robert Yau
94
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Lau6.588.19
2×2Ben Whitmore1.672.93
4×4Robert Yau36.1438.31
5×5Breandan Vallance1:04.861:09.26
6×6Robert Yau2:23.132:30.46
7×7Robert Yau3:40.904:13.11
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost43.98
3×3 one-handedAlexander Lau12.6815.68
ClockDaniel Sheppard7.778.03
MegaminxChris Wall54.8757.97
PyraminxLuke Hubbard3.504.18
Square-1Simon Crawford13.1714.16
3×3 with feetCallum Hales-Jepp56.261:01.28

The PB harvest

94 set · 14 still standing
  • Shun Ishikawa — 2×2 single 3.17: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Hula — Pyraminx single 5.69: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Alex Rouse — 3×3 single 13.84: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Lau — Square-1 single 18.25: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
  • Rob Saunders — 2×2 single 4.96: into the top 38.8% of the event's history.
  • Zihao Wang (王子豪) — Clock single 13.42: into the top 41.4% of the event's history.
  • Xiangjia Kong (孔祥佳) — Megaminx single 2:03.26: into the top 47.6% of the event's history.
  • Rob Saunders — Pyraminx single 10.92: into the top 59.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

51 competitors · 420 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

51 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.