Competitions · United Kingdom

Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022

Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire · 17 September 2022 · 14 events · 109 competitors · 165 personal bests

Nicholas Archer won three of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Partridge by 0.06 seconds. 109 competitors produced 165 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Cham J. Chambers set the Clock average world record: 3.56.

Three wins

Nicholas Archer — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Partridge over Jason Harley

165

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	8.19	8.86
2×2	Nicholas Archer	1.61	2.31
4×4	Robert Yau	24.14	29.27
5×5	Robert Yau	57.74	1:00.12
6×6	Fabio Schwandt	1:49.28	1:52.49
7×7	Mark Ostrom	2:30.41	2:37.11
3×3 blindfolded	Fabio Schwandt	30.52	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	9.30	10.17
Clock	Cham J. Chambers	3.16	3.56
Megaminx	Robert Yau	46.98	52.03
Pyraminx	Daniel Partridge	2.03	2.70
Skewb	Fabio Schwandt	3.24	3.88
Square-1	Charlie Stark	6.91	9.05
3×3 Multi-Blind	William Wright	23 of 25 cubes · 58:39	—

The PB harvest

165 set · 29 still standing

Fabio Schwandt — 4×4 single 26.63: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Callum Hales-Jepp — 4×4 single 27.95: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Matthew Lowe — 3×3 one-handed single 13.17: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Callum Hales-Jepp — Clock single 5.23: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Zhiyuan Li (李致远) — 3×3 single 9.09: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Sam Spendla — Skewb single 3.07: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Aaron Siivonen — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Harry Branson — 3×3 single 9.55: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 1016 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

109 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.