Competitions · United Kingdom

Lincoln Summer 2022

Lincoln, Lincolnshire · 20 August 2022 · 12 events · 168 competitors · 247 personal bests

Eli Jay won four of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ben Stokes by 0.09 seconds. 168 competitors produced 247 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Eli Jay set the 5×5 single national record: 45.09.

Four wins

Eli Jay — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Ben Stokes over Luke Burns

247

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	8.17	8.60
2×2	Ben Stokes	1.82	2.31
4×4	Eli Jay	27.01	30.23
5×5	Eli Jay	45.09	49.02
6×6	Eli Jay	1:38.17	1:39.76
7×7	Eli Jay	2:23.92	2:29.47
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	20.89	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	9.88	11.53
Clock	Cham J. Chambers	4.22	4.98
Skewb	Fabio Schwandt	3.04	3.31
Square-1	Charlie Stark	8.24	9.38
3×3 Multi-Blind	Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)	27 of 30 cubes · 51:51	—

The PB harvest

247 set · 47 still standing

Matthew Lowe — 4×4 single 26.22: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
James W. Adams — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Tom Wilkinson — Skewb single 3.06: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Owen Sage — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Joseph Cooper — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Gilbert Glogan — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Zak Spencer — Skewb single 3.85: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Joseph Archibald — 3×3 single 10.97: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

168 competitors · 1268 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

168 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.