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Quick Solving at Cobham 2024

Christchurch · 6 July 2024 · 9 events · 41 competitors · 43 personal bests

Dwyane Ramos won five of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Connor Johnson by 0.10 seconds. 41 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Emir Ali set the 4×4 single national record: 1:15.22.

Five wins
Dwyane Ramos — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Skewb
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Connor Johnson over Yuki Gao
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Adrien Auvray Matyn6.006.30
2×2Connor Johnson1.331.57
4×4Dwyane Ramos28.2729.56
5×5Dwyane Ramos47.8049.80
3×3 one-handedDwyane Ramos8.099.29
ClockDwyane Ramos4.365.03
MegaminxAdrien Auvray Matyn39.5842.01
PyraminxJasper Murray1.601.76
SkewbDwyane Ramos2.082.98

The PB harvest

43 set · 10 still standing
  • Joseph Jenkinson — Megaminx single 1:39.43: into the top 34.3% of the event's history.
  • Felix Roe — 3×3 single 19.88: into the top 39.6% of the event's history.
  • Joseph Jenkinson — 5×5 single 1:48.39: into the top 41.5% of the event's history.
  • Emir Ali — 4×4 single 1:15.22: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.
  • Emir Ali — 5×5 single 2:20.23: into the top 61.1% of the event's history.
  • Bobby Mouat — Pyraminx single 12.78: into the top 71.7% of the event's history.
  • William James Selkirk — 3×3 single 36.46: into the top 72.5% of the event's history.
  • Joel O'Callaghan — 5×5 single 2:47.42: into the top 73.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 461 results · 9 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. Adrien Auvray Matyn won it with a 6.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.