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Competitions · United Kingdom

Rapid Dash Open 2012

Guildford, Surrey · 14 April 2012 · 19 events · 46 competitors · 115 personal bests

Daniel Sheppard won five of the 19 events (3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rowan Kinneavy by 0.14 seconds. 46 competitors produced 115 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Daniel Sheppard set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 7:05.68.

Five wins
Daniel Sheppard — 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind, 3×3 with feet
0.14s
closest final — 2×2, Rowan Kinneavy over Robert Yau
115
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Lau9.0010.00
2×2Rowan Kinneavy1.723.68
4×4Robert Yau35.8842.59
5×5Breandan Vallance1:06.001:11.59
6×6Breandan Vallance2:34.062:39.51
7×7Robert Yau4:49.814:50.90
3×3 blindfoldedJoey Gouly2:03.34
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Sheppard26 moves
3×3 one-handedRowan Kinneavy15.9018.90
ClockDaniel Sheppard7.618.80
MegaminxOscar Roth Andersen50.3056.39
PyraminxOscar Roth Andersen2.774.48
Square-1Robert Yau13.1819.70
4×4 blindfoldedChung Tze Yang (鍾志扬)11:16.00
5×5 blindfoldedDaniel Sheppard7:05.68
3×3 Multi-BlindDaniel Sheppard5 of 5 cubes · 8:16
3×3 with feetDaniel Sheppard1:35.151:38.17
MagicLeon Parfitt1.081.27
Master MagicThom Barlow3.003.82

The PB harvest

115 set · 15 still standing
  • Christopher Ness — 3×3 single 9.41: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Thom Barlow — 3×3 one-handed single 13.90: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Sheppard — 5×5 blindfolded single 7:05.68: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Hannah Ibe — 3×3 single 11.36: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Coghill — Clock single 9.02: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Coghill — Square-1 single 18.16: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
  • Oscar Roth Andersen — Master Magic single 3.78: into the top 38.4% of the event's history.
  • Christopher Ness — 6×6 single 3:13.38: into the top 47.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 488 results · 19 events.

Everyone who competed

46 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.