Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 2024
- Date
- Oct 19 - 20, 2024
- City
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Venue
The Diamond, Cripps Court
- Address
- Grange Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DQ
- Details
Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Lichi Fang (方力驰), Thomas Patterson, and UK Cube Association
- WCA Delegates
- Adam Swaine, Ben Ridley, and Ryan Eckersley
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Blindfolded specialist competition, there will be no regular speedsolving events held. We do not recommend this competition to first time competitors. Please make sure to read all the information in the tabs above.
Spectators may attend for free! Although as this is a blindfolded specialist competition we will ask for silence during the majority of the event.
The winner of 3x3 Blindfolded will be announced as the winner of the competition.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 37
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £30 (British Pound).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any registrations at the competition.
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- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jaye Sloan won with a single solve of 21.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Charlie Harrison finished second (22.22) and Ryan Eckersley finished third (26.31).
European records: Ryan Eckersley 4x4x4 Blindfolded 1:20.81 (single), 4x4x4 Blindfolded 1:30.62 (average), and 5x5x5 Blindfolded 2:28.53 (single).
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Jaye Sloan | 21.52 | DNF | United Kingdom | 21.52 | 22.49 | DNF | |||||
2 | Charlie Harrison | 22.22 | DNF | United Kingdom | 27.43 | DNF | 22.22 | |||||
3 | Ryan Eckersley | 26.31 | 30.20 | United Kingdom | 36.72 | 27.57 | 26.31 |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Lichi Fang (方力驰) | 22 | 22.67 | China | 22 | 24 | 22 | |||||
1 | Kai Cui | 22 | 22.67 | United Kingdom | 24 | 22 | 22 | |||||
3 | Fabio Schwandt | 20 | 23.00 | United Kingdom | 23 | 26 | 20 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ryan Eckersley | 1:35.69 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 1:43.04 | 1:35.69 | |||||
2 | Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) | 2:25.32 | DNF | China | 3:00.48 | DNF | 2:25.32 | |||||
3 | William Wright | 2:25.58 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 3:00.08 | 2:25.58 |
5x5x5 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ryan Eckersley | 3:16.92 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 3:16.92 | DNF | |||||
2 | Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) | 5:45.62 | DNF | China | DNF | 5:50.14 | 5:45.62 | |||||
3 | Jaye Sloan | 6:20.22 | DNF | United Kingdom | 6:20.22 | DNF | DNF |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | William Wright | 31/34 58:35 | United Kingdom | 31/34 58:35 | 27/34 58:57 | 30/34 56:32 | ||||||
2 | Thomas Patterson | 30/33 55:12 | United Kingdom | 19/25 54:56 | 25/33 54:36 | 30/33 55:12 | ||||||
3 | Ryan Eckersley | 32/38 57:41 | United Kingdom | 32/38 57:41 | 27/40 1:00:00 | 27/37 57:07 |