Competitions · United Kingdom

Wakefield Open 2022

Wakefield, West Yorkshire · 29 January 2022 · 10 events · 170 competitors · 171 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Harry Savage by 0.17 seconds. 170 competitors produced 171 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 83 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Cham J. Chambers set the Clock single national record: 3.41.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Harry Savage over George Scholey

171

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.38	7.36
2×2	Harry Savage	1.65	2.22
4×4	Patrick Ponce	23.04	24.80
5×5	Patrick Ponce	52.16	52.84
3×3 blindfolded	Charlie Harrison	24.52	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	9.14	11.19
Clock	Cham J. Chambers	4.00	4.75
Megaminx	Sean Moran	38.83	40.26
Pyraminx	Jason Harley	2.04	2.71
Square-1	Fabio Schwandt	8.05	9.42

The PB harvest

171 set · 23 still standing

Lewis Byng — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Harry Savage — Megaminx single 45.01: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Ed Scholey — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Tidsey — 4×4 single 32.60: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Alexandre Delaitre — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Bertie Cartwright — 3×3 one-handed single 14.42: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Joe Greenland — Pyraminx single 3.91: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Oliver Fisk — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

83 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

170 competitors · 1230 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

170 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.