Competitions · United Kingdom

Stevenage January 2025

Stevenage, Hertfordshire · 25 January 2025 · 8 events · 187 competitors · 260 personal bests

Nicholas Archer won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicholas Archer by 0.07 seconds. 187 competitors produced 260 personal bests, 109 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Nicholas Archer set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 8.03.

Two wins

Nicholas Archer — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Nicholas Archer over James Alonso

260

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	5.53	6.99
2×2	James Alonso	1.04	1.41
4×4	Kevin Gerhardt	24.80	26.08
7×7	Eli Jay	2:12.87	2:20.85
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	8.17	9.44
Clock	Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)	3.09	3.98
Skewb	Jaime Calzado Gomez	1.85	2.21
Square-1	Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)	6.95	7.98

The PB harvest

260 set · 109 still standing

Joshua Da Costa — 3×3 single 7.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Murad Asgarov — Skewb single 2.31: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
George Railton — Square-1 single 7.47: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Archie Fedulov — Skewb single 2.45: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Elliot Celani — Skewb single 2.47: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Kaisei Brittain — Square-1 single 7.94: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ollie Turner — Square-1 single 7.94: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Harvey John Walton — Skewb single 2.60: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

187 competitors · 1219 results · 8 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. Nicholas Archer won it with a 6.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

187 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.