Competitions · United Kingdom

Welsh Open 2019

Oakdale, Gwent · 9 March 2019 · 13 events · 82 competitors · 105 personal bests

Eli Jay won five of the 13 events (3×3, 6×6, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Charlie Stark by 0.11 seconds. 82 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Conor Cronin set the 5×5 average continental record: 1:19.61.

Five wins

Eli Jay — 3×3, 6×6, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Charlie Stark over Robert Yau

105

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eli Jay	6.79	8.72
2×2	Charlie Stark	2.59	3.22
4×4	Matthew Lowe	29.20	34.89
5×5	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	55.74	57.46
6×6	Eli Jay	1:49.69	1:50.31
7×7	Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)	2:28.48	2:39.40
3×3 blindfolded	Christopher Morris	28.65	—
3×3 one-handed	Robert Yau	14.43	15.82
Clock	Sam Spendla	6.45	7.31
Megaminx	Eli Jay	45.54	50.27
Pyraminx	Eli Jay	4.19	4.74
Skewb	Eli Jay	2.79	3.89
Square-1	Charlie Stark	9.63	11.70

The PB harvest

105 set · 41 still standing

Robert Yau — 7×7 single 2:40.32: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Jesse Tipton — Pyraminx single 4.41: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Karam Al-Robaie — 5×5 single 1:09.80: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Theo Kirby — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Karam Al-Robaie — Megaminx single 1:07.56: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Conor Cronin — 5×5 single 1:14.57: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Theo Kirby — Skewb single 4.61: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Jesse Tipton — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

82 competitors · 770 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

82 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.