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Welcome To Cambridge 2014

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · 12 July 2014 · 13 events · 44 competitors · 59 personal bests

Oliver Frost won four of the 13 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Robert Yau by 0.09 seconds. 44 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Oliver Frost set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 5:56.56.

Four wins
Oliver Frost — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.09s
closest final — 5×5, Robert Yau over Breandan Vallance
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann6.618.47
2×2Sameer Mahmood1.702.32
4×4Robert Yau33.7334.58
5×5Robert Yau1:00.821:08.17
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost40.7844.49
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Sheppard26 moves
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann10.6314.18
PyraminxDaniel Sheppard5.236.24
SkewbRobert Yau5.178.23
Square-1Simon Crawford9.6313.34
4×4 blindfoldedOliver Frost2:35.20
5×5 blindfoldedOliver Frost5:56.56
3×3 Multi-BlindOliver Frost25 of 27 cubes · 58:53

The PB harvest

59 set · 9 still standing
  • Oliver Frost — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 25 of 27 cubes · 58:53: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Kevin De Silva — 3×3 single 11.53: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Shun Ishikawa — 3×3 single 14.81: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
  • Liam Aumento — 4×4 single 55.48: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Shun Ishikawa — 4×4 single 1:08.79: into the top 45.7% of the event's history.
  • Lara Craig — Pyraminx single 9.68: into the top 50.5% of the event's history.
  • Sarah Gasson — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:05.56: into the top 54.0% of the event's history.
  • Kevin De Silva — 3×3 one-handed single 37.31: into the top 61.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 364 results · 13 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. Cornelius Dieckmann won it with a 8.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.