Competitions · United Kingdom

Macclesfield Open 2016

Macclesfield, Cheshire · 30 July 2016 · 16 events · 73 competitors · 150 personal bests

Robert Yau won four of the 16 events (2×2, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alexander Lau by 0.06 seconds. 73 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nathan Azaria set the Square-1 single national record: 11.79.

Four wins

Robert Yau — 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Alexander Lau over Robert Yau

150

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Lau	7.46	8.83
2×2	Robert Yau	2.17	2.79
4×4	Robert Yau	30.35	33.55
5×5	Breandan Vallance	55.31	1:04.32
6×6	Robert Yau	2:00.98	2:08.04
7×7	Robert Yau	3:03.94	3:13.17
3×3 blindfolded	Oliver Frost	34.02	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Alexander Lau	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Evan Liu	14.66	15.52
Clock	Ryan Jones	5.84	6.39
Pyraminx	Evan Liu	4.37	4.78
Skewb	Karam Al-Robaie	4.44	4.81
Square-1	Charlie Stark	8.53	12.33
4×4 blindfolded	Oliver Frost	2:32.62	—
5×5 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	10:39.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Callum Hales-Jepp	12 of 12 cubes · 45:48	—

The PB harvest

150 set · 32 still standing

Ethan Mayo — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Joe Barsby — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Yuzhe Oh — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Ryan Jones — 4×4 single 39.80: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Robert Yau — Clock single 7.59: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Robert Yau — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:15.33: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Theo Hutchings — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Jack Staniland — Pyraminx single 5.84: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 733 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

73 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.