Competitions · United Kingdom

Liverpool Winter 2023

Liverpool, Merseyside · 2 December 2023 · 9 events · 97 competitors · 92 personal bests

Elian Beguec won three of the nine events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Harry Owen by 0.07 seconds. 97 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) set the 5×5 average national record: 1:01.78.

Three wins

Elian Beguec — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6

0.07s

closest final — Skewb, Harry Owen over Elian Beguec

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Elian Beguec	6.58	8.26
2×2	Luke Burns	1.46	1.70
4×4	Dean David	26.42	28.94
5×5	Elian Beguec	55.33	59.07
6×6	Elian Beguec	1:40.76	1:41.47
Clock	Oliver Castledine	5.37	5.80
Megaminx	Katie Moughan	35.01	44.94
Skewb	Harry Owen	3.19	3.48
Square-1	Ryan Eckersley	8.19	9.88

The PB harvest

92 set · 25 still standing

Kai Roff — 3×3 single 5.59: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
Sohan Dhanak — 3×3 single 7.06: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
William Gan Wei Ren (颜伟仁) — Megaminx single 52.79: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Oliver Benington — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Ben Andrew Hutchinson — 3×3 single 9.92: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Jamie Fontana — 3×3 single 13.53: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Cameron Pilling — 3×3 single 13.87: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Conrad Gross — Clock single 9.15: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 622 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. Elian Beguec won it with a 8.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.