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Cuthberts Open 2014

Hatfield, Hertfordshire · 11 October 2014 · 16 events · 63 competitors · 116 personal bests

Robert Yau won five of the 16 events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Callum Hales-Jepp by 0.15 seconds. 63 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Oliver Frost set the 4×4 blindfolded single world record: 2:18.65.

Five wins
Robert Yau — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Callum Hales-Jepp over Robert Yau
116
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Lau7.338.00
2×2Callum Hales-Jepp2.933.61
4×4Robert Yau32.5935.17
5×5Breandan Vallance1:00.681:03.92
6×6Robert Yau2:15.012:22.33
7×7Robert Yau3:20.643:33.98
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost34.4842.96
3×3 one-handedRobert Yau11.6614.78
ClockDaniel Sheppard6.347.77
MegaminxChris Wall54.4357.96
PyraminxLuke Hubbard3.814.47
SkewbEli Jay4.165.97
Square-1Robert Yau15.5220.16
4×4 blindfoldedOliver Frost2:18.65—
3×3 Multi-BlindOliver Frost9 of 10 cubes · 19:57—
3×3 with feetCallum Hales-Jepp44.8146.74

The PB harvest

116 set · 19 still standing
  • Giorgi Tarielashvili — 3×3 single 10.47: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Fabian Auroux — 3×3 one-handed single 18.51: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
  • Chris Wall — 5×5 single 1:20.73: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
  • Giorgi Tarielashvili — 3×3 one-handed single 20.47: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
  • Jack Dalgleish — Pyraminx single 6.38: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
  • François Courtès — 4×4 blindfolded single 5:56.83: into the top 28.6% of the event's history.
  • James Dougall — 3×3 single 17.09: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Billy Jeffs — Clock single 12.67: into the top 38.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

18 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 532 results · 16 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. Alexander Lau won it with a 8.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1U2 R' B2 F2 L B2 F2 U F2 D' B' D2 L D2 F R F' U'
  2. 2B R2 F L' F2 D R B' R2 D' R' U2 R F2 B2 L' B2 U2 R'
  3. 3B L2 B' R2 B' D2 F D2 U' B2 R' D F2 D R F' D2 R B2
  4. 4L2 B' U2 B' U2 L2 U2 B2 U2 F D' B' L2 D2 L2 F R U2 F D
  5. 5U2 F' L2 F L2 F L D' U2 L F' R2 F2 D' B' R D

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.