Competitions · United Kingdom

Stevenage February 2024

Stevenage, Hertfordshire · 10 February 2024 · 10 events · 194 competitors · 271 personal bests

Ben Stokes won two of the ten events (2×2, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Oliver Hutchings by 0.08 seconds. 194 competitors produced 271 personal bests, 80 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anqi Yu set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 44.30.

Two wins

Ben Stokes — 2×2, 7×7

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Oliver Hutchings over Caleb Wolf Dunn

271

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Wolf Dunn	7.36	7.85
2×2	Ben Stokes	1.55	1.88
4×4	Ryan Chan	30.04	33.71
7×7	Ben Stokes	2:51.94	2:55.65
3×3 blindfolded	Mengfei Shen (沈梦非)	26.31	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Adam Swaine	27 moves	—
Clock	Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)	4.11	4.26
Pyraminx	Oliver Hutchings	2.13	2.96
Skewb	Ariel Benchetrit	2.04	2.50
Square-1	Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)	8.41	9.07

The PB harvest

271 set · 80 still standing

Tom Nugent — Skewb single 2.01: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Angelos Nevin-Psarras — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Joel Davies — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Mikail Jivanjee — 3×3 single 10.10: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Adam Swaine — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ibuki Vincent Curry — Skewb single 3.72: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Ralphie King — 3×3 single 10.81: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Edward Kahn — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

194 competitors · 1287 results · 10 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. Caleb Wolf Dunn won it with a 7.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

194 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.