Competitions · United Kingdom

Edinburgh Winter 2024

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · 27 January 2024 · 9 events · 174 competitors · 238 personal bests

Cham J. Chambers won three of the nine events (6×6, 7×7, Clock) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jaye Sloan by 0.23 seconds. 174 competitors produced 238 personal bests, 93 of which still stand today, and 39 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: 2:54.53.

Three wins

Cham J. Chambers — 6×6, 7×7, Clock

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Jaye Sloan over Jensen Belen-Brown

238

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	5.94	6.73
2×2	Jaye Sloan	1.79	1.87
6×6	Cham J. Chambers	1:43.13	1:44.64
7×7	Cham J. Chambers	2:28.49	2:37.46
3×3 blindfolded	Jaye Sloan	18.18	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	8.69	9.40
Clock	Cham J. Chambers	3.68	4.24
Pyraminx	Tan Jun (陈俊)	2.77	3.32
Square-1	Ryan Eckersley	7.82	9.34

The PB harvest

238 set · 93 still standing

Cameron Littlejohn — Pyraminx single 2.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Kidd — 3×3 single 9.13: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
William Poole — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Brandon Poulton — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Ben Ferguson — Pyraminx single 4.02: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Craig McNulty — Pyraminx single 4.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Jaye Sloan — Clock single 6.21: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Fred Whibley — Pyraminx single 4.12: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

174 competitors · 1344 results · 9 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. Nicholas Archer won it with a 6.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

174 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.