Competitions · United Kingdom

Manchester Open 2017

Salford, Greater Manchester · 14 January 2017 · 12 events · 77 competitors · 137 personal bests

Evan Liu won four of the twelve events (6×6, 3×3 blindfolded, Clock) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Eli Jay by 0.01 seconds. 77 competitors produced 137 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Khalfan Salim Al-Arfi set the Skewb single national record: 35.99.

Four wins

Evan Liu — 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 4×4 blindfolded

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Eli Jay over George Scholey

137

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Cornelius Dieckmann	7.40	8.98
2×2	Lewis Byng	2.12	2.67
4×4	Robert Yau	33.81	38.00
5×5	Robert Yau	58.81	1:03.30
6×6	Evan Liu	1:56.08	2:00.33
7×7	Sameer Mahmood	2:59.97	3:08.52
3×3 blindfolded	Evan Liu	54.06	—
3×3 one-handed	Cornelius Dieckmann	12.00	13.51
Clock	Evan Liu	5.02	6.77
Pyraminx	Daniel Sheppard	4.37	4.94
Skewb	Eli Jay	2.46	3.83
4×4 blindfolded	Evan Liu	5:23.22	—

The PB harvest

137 set · 28 still standing

Hunor Mogyorósi — 3×3 single 6.79: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Sameer Mahmood — 3×3 one-handed single 11.07: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Breandan Vallance — 5×5 single 51.81: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Stanley Harrison — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
William Roberts — 3×3 single 11.05: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Harrison Harmer — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Luke Holt — Pyraminx single 5.55: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
Cornelius Dieckmann — 6×6 single 2:20.07: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

77 competitors · 600 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

77 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.