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Welcome Back to Guildford 2015

Guildford, Surrey · 11 April 2015 · 17 events · 55 competitors · 111 personal bests

Robert Yau won four of the 17 events (2×2, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Daniel Sheppard by 0.40 seconds. 55 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Oliver Frost set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 5:35.84.

Four wins
Robert Yau — 2×2, 5×5, Megaminx, Square-1
0.40s
closest final — Clock, Daniel Sheppard over James Molloy
111
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Lau6.577.37
2×2Robert Yau2.072.57
4×4Ciarán Beahan29.3734.14
5×5Robert Yau1:00.431:05.83
6×6Ciarán Beahan1:59.402:02.91
7×7Ciarán Beahan3:08.153:27.99
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost32.6736.61
3×3 one-handedAlexander Lau12.3714.77
ClockDaniel Sheppard7.998.33
MegaminxRobert Yau58.871:03.93
PyraminxCiarán Beahan3.173.44
SkewbEli Jay3.994.30
Square-1Robert Yau16.2219.23
4×4 blindfoldedOliver Frost2:20.51
5×5 blindfoldedOliver Frost5:35.84
3×3 Multi-BlindCallum Hales-Jepp14 of 16 cubes · 54:21
3×3 with feetCallum Hales-Jepp39.1046.67

The PB harvest

111 set · 18 still standing
  • Bernard Solomon — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Sameer Mahmood — Skewb single 3.64: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Chris Wall — Skewb single 4.10: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Sam Warner — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Louis de Mendonça — Skewb single 4.57: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
  • Justin Jaffray — 4×4 single 43.66: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Guillaumond — 4×4 single 45.53: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Lau — 3×3 with feet single 1:10.32: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 592 results · 17 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 7.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.