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Competitions · United Kingdom

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014

Leicester, Leicestershire · 1 November 2014 · 15 events · 87 competitors · 152 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won three of the 15 events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Robert Yau by 0.17 seconds. 87 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 45 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 7×7 single national record: 2:54.04.

Three wins
Ciarán Beahan — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7
0.17s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Robert Yau over Edward Lin
152
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Lau8.199.02
2×2Sameer Mahmood1.832.12
4×4Ciarán Beahan35.4437.35
5×5Breandan Vallance58.271:04.82
6×6Ciarán Beahan2:07.972:18.55
7×7Ciarán Beahan2:54.043:20.57
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost30.89—
3×3 one-handedRobert Yau15.3515.74
ClockDaniel Sheppard6.527.24
MegaminxChris Wall53.1856.61
PyraminxLuke Hubbard3.704.29
SkewbChris Wall4.595.38
Square-1Simon Crawford10.5512.10
4×4 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp5:28.72—
3×3 with feetRobert Yau1:00.691:03.77

The PB harvest

152 set · 45 still standing
  • Oliver Frost — 3×3 blindfolded single 30.89: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Coghill — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Jones — Clock single 5.63: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Duncan — Pyraminx single 4.71: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Lau — 4×4 single 41.42: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Christopher Bode — 3×3 one-handed single 17.85: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
  • Ben Towers — 3×3 single 12.26: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Rowena Mead — 3×3 single 13.01: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

87 competitors · 699 results · 15 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. Alexander Lau won it with a 9.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.