Competitions · United Kingdom

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013

Leicester, Leicestershire · 16 November 2013 · 13 events · 86 competitors · 129 personal bests

Robert Yau won four of the 13 events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Breandan Vallance by 0.36 seconds. 86 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ciarán Beahan set the 4×4 single national record: 45.56.

Four wins

Robert Yau — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.36s

closest final — 5×5, Breandan Vallance over Robert Yau

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Thom Barlow	8.78	10.64
2×2	Sameer Mahmood	2.44	2.70
4×4	Robert Yau	32.38	38.53
5×5	Breandan Vallance	58.70	1:08.20
6×6	Robert Yau	2:28.74	2:30.37
7×7	Robert Yau	3:39.56	3:47.21
3×3 blindfolded	Matthew Sheerin	57.99	—
3×3 one-handed	Robert Yau	12.58	16.24
Clock	Ryan Jones	7.36	7.76
Megaminx	Chris Wall	52.73	56.60
Pyraminx	Luke Hubbard	3.91	5.23
Square-1	Simon Crawford	9.15	15.78
4×4 blindfolded	Matthew Sheerin	4:13.44	—

The PB harvest

129 set · 30 still standing

Simon Crawford — Square-1 single 9.15: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Xiangjia Kong (孔祥佳) — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Jae Goode — Square-1 single 17.58: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Jae Goode — 3×3 single 14.44: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Rob Saunders — 3×3 single 14.44: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Xiangjia Kong (孔祥佳) — 3×3 one-handed single 22.04: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
Thomas Duncan — 3×3 single 15.66: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
Rajiv Daxini — 3×3 single 15.74: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 581 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

86 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.