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Oxford Open 2014

Oxford, Oxfordshire · 17 May 2014 · 18 events · 43 competitors · 86 personal bests

Callum Hales-Jepp won four of the 18 events (Megaminx, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Cornelius Dieckmann by 0.27 seconds. 43 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Oliver Frost set the 4×4 blindfolded single world record: 2:30.47.

Four wins
Callum Hales-Jepp — Megaminx, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind, 3×3 with feet
0.27s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Cornelius Dieckmann over Ciarán Beahan
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann7.569.01
2×2Sameer Mahmood1.862.40
4×4Ciarán Beahan33.0240.31
5×5Breandan Vallance1:06.331:07.13
6×6Breandan Vallance2:21.172:30.29
7×7Ciarán Beahan3:28.243:45.48
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost42.6948.42
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Sheppard24 moves27.33
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann14.4616.83
ClockEvan Liu5.826.64
MegaminxCallum Hales-Jepp1:11.141:16.84
PyraminxLuke Hubbard3.314.05
SkewbDaniel Sheppard5.947.46
Square-1Evan Liu16.6525.80
4×4 blindfoldedOliver Frost2:30.47
5×5 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp10:06.00
3×3 Multi-BlindCallum Hales-Jepp10 of 14 cubes · 58:56
3×3 with feetCallum Hales-Jepp53.821:03.86

The PB harvest

86 set · 9 still standing
  • Liam Aumento — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Billy Jeffs — Skewb single 6.02: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
  • Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) — Pyraminx single 7.89: into the top 35.3% of the event's history.
  • Agustin Fernandez — 2×2 single 5.65: into the top 47.1% of the event's history.
  • Joey Gouly — Skewb single 9.75: into the top 53.4% of the event's history.
  • Agustin Fernandez — Pyraminx single 11.45: into the top 63.6% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Coghill — 3×3 with feet single 2:35.64: into the top 63.8% of the event's history.
  • Liam Aumento — 5×5 single 3:10.02: into the top 81.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

20 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 395 results · 18 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. Cornelius Dieckmann won it with a 9.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.