Competitions · United Kingdom

Stevenage June 2023

Stevenage, Hertfordshire · 24 June 2023 · 9 events · 180 competitors · 282 personal bests

James Alonso won two of the nine events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by James Alonso by 0.00 seconds. 180 competitors produced 282 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Juliette Sébastien set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 6.92.

Two wins

James Alonso — 3×3, 2×2

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, James Alonso over Nicholas Archer

282

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	James Alonso	5.57	6.27
2×2	James Alonso	1.13	1.94
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	19.59	22.73
5×5	Sebastian Weyer	40.35	47.98
3×3 blindfolded	Ben Stokes	19.46	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	8.57	9.36
Megaminx	Sean Moran	30.12	39.11
Pyraminx	Daniel Partridge	1.65	2.53
Skewb	Daniel Partridge	2.65	3.30

The PB harvest

282 set · 70 still standing

Ralphie King — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Ahilan Arumugam — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Elliot Celani — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Haotian Hu (胡皓天) — Skewb single 3.82: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Zixuan Wang — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Esper Goddard — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Mitchell Chiew — 3×3 single 11.39: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Ben Andrews — 3×3 single 11.66: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

180 competitors · 1507 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 6.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.