Competitions · United Kingdom

Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire · 22 September 2018 · 12 events · 112 competitors · 202 personal bests

Fabio Schwandt won three of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Fabio Schwandt by 0.02 seconds. 112 competitors produced 202 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Robert Yau set the 4×4 single national record: 23.76.

Three wins

Fabio Schwandt — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Fabio Schwandt over Louis de Mendonça

202

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Fabio Schwandt	7.11	8.41
2×2	George Scholey	1.00	1.88
4×4	Robert Yau	23.76	29.92
5×5	Robert Yau	55.34	59.12
3×3 blindfolded	Fabio Schwandt	25.84	—
3×3 one-handed	Fabio Schwandt	12.49	15.17
Clock	Nathan Azaria	6.43	7.08
Megaminx	Eli Jay	48.48	52.41
Skewb	George Scholey	2.59	3.07
Square-1	Charlie Stark	7.92	9.48
4×4 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	4:02.07	—
5×5 blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	9:34.98	—

The PB harvest

202 set · 37 still standing

Lewis Byng — 2×2 single 0.99: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.
Joe Ewbank — 3×3 one-handed single 11.14: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Joe Ewbank — 4×4 single 28.66: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Hussain Iqbal — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Nathan Azaria — Square-1 single 9.27: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Bertie Longden — Skewb single 3.32: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Nathan Azaria — 3×3 one-handed single 14.47: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Ashley Stone — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 1011 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

112 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.