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Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · 19 December 2015 · 10 events · 64 competitors · 66 personal bests

Breandan Vallance won two of the ten events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Sheppard by 0.02 seconds. 64 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ankit Bhattarai set the 3×3 single national record: 37.04.

Two wins
Breandan Vallance — 3×3, 5×5
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Sheppard over Oscar Roth Andersen
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Breandan Vallance8.699.61
4×4Robert Yau35.5237.49
5×5Breandan Vallance58.071:00.23
3×3 blindfoldedEvan Liu1:08.26—
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Sheppard25 moves—
3×3 one-handedAria Zolfaghari14.4016.22
MegaminxOscar Roth Andersen46.9953.41
PyraminxDaniel Sheppard4.535.31
SkewbJan Bentlage3.675.39
Square-1Robert Yau15.8217.29

The PB harvest

66 set · 6 still standing
  • Isaac Harland — Pyraminx single 5.89: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Blount — 4×4 single 49.01: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Mason — Skewb single 7.03: into the top 33.9% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Mason — Square-1 single 28.59: into the top 46.8% of the event's history.
  • Yoav Stern — Skewb single 8.95: into the top 48.1% of the event's history.
  • Bertie Shaw — 3×3 single 1:00.96: into the top 91.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 426 results · 10 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. Breandan Vallance won it with a 9.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.