Competitions · United Kingdom

Stevenage January 2024

Stevenage, Hertfordshire · 13 January 2024 · 9 events · 185 competitors · 233 personal bests

Ben Stokes won two of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Noah Calderon-Kamata by 0.05 seconds. 185 competitors produced 233 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) set the 4×4 single national record: 31.27.

Two wins

Ben Stokes — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Noah Calderon-Kamata over James Alonso

233

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	James Alonso	6.00	6.51
2×2	Noah Calderon-Kamata	1.71	1.96
4×4	Dean David	25.97	29.86
5×5	Jake Brown	54.12	57.06
6×6	Daniel Partridge	1:28.63	1:42.96
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	21.75	23.51
Megaminx	Aidan Grainger	29.28	33.10
Skewb	Ariel Benchetrit	1.79	2.55
4×4 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	2:38.41	—

The PB harvest

233 set · 63 still standing

Mustafa Irfan — 3×3 single 7.04: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス恭一) — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Preston Mee — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
William Casey — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Lenny Chiu — 3×3 single 10.23: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Leila England — 4×4 single 37.81: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Ashton Baxter — 3×3 single 11.53: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Efe Pasaogullari — 3×3 single 11.54: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

185 competitors · 1271 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. James Alonso won it with a 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

185 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.