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Rubik's UK Championship 2023

Coventry, West Midlands · 20 October 2023 · 16 events · 477 competitors · 546 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won three of the 16 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Anders Barhaugen by 0.05 seconds. 477 competitors produced 546 personal bests, 194 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Niklas Aasen Eliasson set the Clock single continental record: 2.71.

Three wins
Ciarán Beahan — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.05s
closest final — Clock, Anders Barhaugen over Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)
546
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Twan Dullemond5.076.44
2×2James Alonso1.361.86
4×4Twan Dullemond22.0225.38
5×5Ciarán Beahan39.7744.00
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:21.291:24.07
7×7Ciarán Beahan1:55.822:00.89
3×3 blindfoldedJaye Sloan19.33—
3×3 one-handedNicholas Archer9.249.42
ClockAnders Barhaugen3.604.51
MegaminxSean Moran32.1433.75
PyraminxDaniel Partridge1.782.39
SkewbAriel Benchetrit2.803.34
Square-1Fabio Schwandt7.798.37
4×4 blindfoldedRyan Eckersley1:36.701:48.66
5×5 blindfoldedRyan Eckersley4:09.21—
3×3 Multi-BlindJaye Sloan31 of 33 cubes · 54:15—

The PB harvest

546 set · 194 still standing
  • Anqi Yu — Skewb single 1.38: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
  • Nicky Sim — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
  • Pierre Ming L. Debroe — Skewb single 2.05: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Sam Cochrane — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Lam — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Glib Vedmid — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Hector Cross — Pyraminx single 2.77: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Sam Shaw — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

477 competitors · 3566 results · 16 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. Twan Dullemond won it with a 6.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

477 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.