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Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire · 15 April 2017 · 13 events · 67 competitors · 103 personal bests

Robert Yau won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lewis Byng by 0.01 seconds. 67 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

George Scholey set the Skewb average national record: 3.58.

Five wins
Robert Yau — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Lewis Byng over Ben Whitmore
103
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Keaton Ellis7.718.21
2×2Lewis Byng2.182.89
4×4Robert Yau29.3031.72
5×5Robert Yau1:01.471:03.37
3×3 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp58.98
3×3 Fewest MovesRobert Yau27 moves
3×3 one-handedRobert Yau12.6814.06
ClockEvan Liu4.585.74
MegaminxRobert Yau49.2559.74
PyraminxEvan Liu3.203.63
SkewbGeorge Scholey3.073.58
Square-1Charlie Stark9.2911.79
5×5 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp11:45.00

The PB harvest

103 set · 16 still standing
  • Karam Al-Robaie — Skewb single 1.74: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
  • Sam Porter — Pyraminx single 6.37: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.
  • Sam Porter — 3×3 single 15.30: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
  • Joe Kotroczo — Pyraminx single 6.90: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.
  • Peter Farrow — 3×3 single 16.99: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
  • Peter Farrow — 2×2 single 4.80: into the top 36.8% of the event's history.
  • Thalia Seale — 3×3 single 19.03: into the top 37.2% of the event's history.
  • Euan Maidment — Skewb single 8.19: into the top 42.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

67 competitors · 643 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

67 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.