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Weston-super-Mare 2012

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset · 14 July 2012 · 18 events · 40 competitors · 98 personal bests

Robert Yau won eight of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Robert Yau by 0.28 seconds. 40 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Robert Yau set the 7×7 single national record: 3:49.43.

Eight wins
Robert Yau — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.28s
closest final — 3×3, Robert Yau over Simon Crawford
98
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Robert Yau10.5611.54
2×2Daniel Sheppard1.712.64
4×4Robert Yau44.7847.63
5×5Robert Yau1:06.611:20.09
6×6Robert Yau2:49.652:55.18
7×7Robert Yau3:49.434:39.88
3×3 blindfoldedDaniel Sheppard46.56
3×3 Fewest MovesRobert Yau26 moves
3×3 one-handedRobert Yau15.2816.67
ClockDaniel Sheppard8.228.74
MegaminxRobert Yau1:08.501:16.20
PyraminxLuke Hubbard2.944.66
Square-1Simon Crawford10.7712.65
4×4 blindfoldedJames Molloy
5×5 blindfoldedMatthew Sheerin26:38.00
3×3 Multi-BlindMatthew Sheerin7 of 10 cubes · 52:07
MagicCallum Hales-Jepp1.411.62
Master MagicThom Barlow3.023.11

The PB harvest

98 set · 20 still standing
  • Luke Hubbard — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Thom Barlow — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 27 moves: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Sheppard — 3×3 blindfolded single 46.56: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Sheppard — Master Magic single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Thom Sutcliffe — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Jack Paine — 3×3 single 18.53: into the top 35.7% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Higginbotham — 3×3 single 18.78: into the top 36.5% of the event's history.
  • Thom Sutcliffe — 2×2 single 4.91: into the top 38.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 423 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

40 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.