Competitions · United Kingdom

Essex Spring 2023

South Woodham Ferrers, Essex · 8 April 2023 · 11 events · 130 competitors · 152 personal bests

Nicholas Archer won two of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicholas Archer by 0.18 seconds. 130 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) set the Clock average continental record: 3.81.

Two wins

Nicholas Archer — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.18s

closest final — 3×3, Nicholas Archer over Ainesh Sevellaraja

152

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	6.67	7.72
2×2	Jaye Sloan	1.60	1.82
5×5	Ainesh Sevellaraja	54.87	1:02.90
6×6	Daniel Partridge	1:37.87	1:52.00
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	16.78	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	8.56	9.86
Clock	Cham J. Chambers	3.60	4.18
Skewb	Ariel Benchetrit	3.02	3.49
Square-1	Marcus Siu	8.35	10.73
4×4 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	1:46.77	2:09.99
5×5 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	4:12.51	—

The PB harvest

152 set · 31 still standing

Anqi Yu — Square-1 single 6.37: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Ainesh Sevellaraja — Square-1 single 6.80: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Ryan Tang — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Cheung-Hao Tu — 3×3 single 9.24: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Thomas Patterson — 5×5 single 1:04.44: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Louis de Mendonça — 3×3 blindfolded single 52.50: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Freddie Falle — 3×3 single 11.29: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Charlie Critcher — 3×3 single 11.50: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

130 competitors · 994 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

130 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.