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London Open 2017

Docklands, Greater London · 8 July 2017 · 13 events · 163 competitors · 269 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Fabio Schwandt by 0.03 seconds. 163 competitors produced 269 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 6×6 single world record: 1:20.37.

Six wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Fabio Schwandt over George Scholey
269
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.126.70
2×2Jayden McNeill1.451.64
4×4Sebastian Weyer21.5924.96
5×5Feliks Zemdegs42.8747.96
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:20.371:28.51
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:14.092:18.65
3×3 blindfoldedAntoine Cantin32.22—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.0012.10
ClockEvan Liu5.455.98
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs41.2346.98
PyraminxCiarán Beahan2.894.21
SkewbFabio Schwandt2.413.57
Square-1Charlie Stark7.349.96

The PB harvest

269 set · 56 still standing
  • Daniel Mucklow — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Creston Brooks — 3×3 single 8.31: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Bernard Solomon — 3×3 single 8.44: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Visaya-Neville — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Bernard Solomon — 3×3 one-handed single 13.57: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Visaya-Neville — 3×3 single 10.24: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Sophie Davies — 3×3 single 10.41: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Elizabeth Shirley — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

15 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

163 competitors · 1270 results · 13 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

163 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.