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Competitions · United Kingdom

Welwyn Garden City 2015

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · 23 May 2015 · 17 events · 79 competitors · 157 personal bests

Robert Yau won five of the 17 events (2×2, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Robert Yau by 0.02 seconds. 79 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jesse Tipton set the Skewb single continental record: 4.16.

Five wins
Robert Yau — 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, Square-1
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Robert Yau over Fabio Schwandt
157
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann6.927.88
2×2Robert Yau2.143.29
4×4Robert Yau32.0637.94
5×5Breandan Vallance59.701:03.85
6×6Robert Yau2:19.262:21.89
7×7Robert Yau3:19.113:40.96
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Frost38.81—
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann13.4415.34
ClockDaniel Sheppard7.818.97
MegaminxDaniel Sheppard1:02.761:08.78
PyraminxHarry Savage3.324.10
SkewbEli Jay4.044.92
Square-1Robert Yau18.4420.28
4×4 blindfoldedBilly Jeffs——
5×5 blindfoldedBilly Jeffs——
3×3 Multi-BlindAdam Greenwood6 of 7 cubes · 57:52—
3×3 with feetDaniel Sheppard49.6951.99

The PB harvest

157 set · 34 still standing
  • Oliver Frost — 2×2 single 0.74: into the top 0.16% of the event's history.
  • Maximilian Berkmann — 2×2 single 1.05: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
  • Joey Gouly — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Liebenson — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Jialin Zhou — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Luke Holt — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Nick Ross — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Guillaumond — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 681 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. Cornelius Dieckmann won it with a 7.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.