Competitions · United Kingdom

Harrow Autumn 2023

London, Greater London · 2 September 2023 · 10 events · 140 competitors · 203 personal bests

Harry Savage won two of the ten events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ariel Benchetrit by 0.27 seconds. 140 competitors produced 203 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anqi Yu set the Megaminx single national record: 57.58.

Two wins

Harry Savage — 3×3, 5×5

0.27s

closest final — Skewb, Ariel Benchetrit over Fabio Schwandt

203

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Harry Savage	6.10	7.38
2×2	Jaye Sloan	1.52	1.86
5×5	Harry Savage	53.46	56.85
3×3 blindfolded	Jaye Sloan	17.27	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Fabio Schwandt	22 moves	23.00
3×3 one-handed	Sean Moran	12.06	14.01
Clock	Sam Shaw	4.24	4.70
Megaminx	Sean Moran	31.16	33.68
Skewb	Ariel Benchetrit	2.39	2.94
4×4 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	1:29.06	—

The PB harvest

203 set · 53 still standing

Safwan Uddin — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Anqi Yu — 3×3 single 7.48: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Oscar Jones — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Garv Kumar — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ayyan Hussain — 3×3 single 9.62: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Sam Shaw — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Peter Pulpan — Clock single 7.19: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Junhwan Choi — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 1035 results · 10 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. Harry Savage won it with a 7.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.