Competitions · United Kingdom

UK Open 2011

Bristol, City of Bristol · 12 November 2011 · 14 events · 71 competitors · 123 personal bests

Robert Yau won five of the 14 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Robert Yau by 0.21 seconds. 71 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Simon Crawford set the Square-1 average continental record: 12.24.

Five wins

Robert Yau — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Magic

0.21s

closest final — Magic, Robert Yau over Sean Connolly

123

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Breandan Vallance	8.13	9.48
2×2	Daniel Sheppard	2.71	3.05
4×4	Robert Yau	37.71	42.29
5×5	Robert Yau	1:13.50	1:19.24
3×3 blindfolded	Daniel Sheppard	49.19	—
3×3 one-handed	Robert Yau	13.81	17.52
Clock	Sam Zhixiao Wang (王志骁)	6.03	7.79
Megaminx	Robert Yau	1:00.65	1:14.23
Pyraminx	Aili Asikainen	4.63	5.70
Square-1	Simon Crawford	10.87	15.75
4×4 blindfolded	Daniel Sheppard	3:38.11	—
5×5 blindfolded	James Molloy	—	—
Magic	Robert Yau	1.28	1.50
Master Magic	Daniel Mucklow	2.47	2.72

The PB harvest

123 set · 31 still standing

Conor Winters — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Rowan Kinneavy — 4×4 single 43.28: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Patrick Kelly — 4×4 single 43.52: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Euan Smith — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Charlie Cooper — Square-1 single 16.94: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Thom Sutcliffe — Pyraminx single 6.29: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Patrick Kelly — 3×3 one-handed single 20.65: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Rowan Kinneavy — Pyraminx single 6.46: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 529 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

71 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.