Welwyn Garden City Open 2014
- Date
- Apr 5 - 6, 2014
- City
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- Stanborough Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6XE
- Website
- Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Billy Jeffs and James Molloy
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Sheppard and James Molloy
- Information
The competitor limit will be 70 although you may still register for the waiting list after this. The entry fee will be £11 and this will be payable online beforehand, or on the door.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 68
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
-
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Alexander Lau won with an average of 7.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Robert Yau finished second (9.46) and Breandan Vallance finished third (9.69).
African records: Conor Cronin 3x3x3 Blindfolded 2:05.90 (single), Clock 7.91 (single), Pyraminx 7.29 (average), Skewb 8.90 (single), Skewb 14.25 (average), and 4x4x4 Blindfolded 12:42.00 (single).
European records: Alexander Lau 3x3x3 Cube 7.52 (average).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Lau | 7.08 | 7.52 | ER | United Kingdom | 7.25 | 10.79 | 7.08 | 8.09 | 7.23 | ||
| 2 | Robert Yau | 8.55 | 9.46 | United Kingdom | 9.37 | 10.97 | 9.78 | 9.24 | 8.55 | |||
| 3 | Breandan Vallance | 7.51 | 9.69 | United Kingdom | DNF | 7.51 | 9.62 | 9.20 | 10.25 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Whitmore | 0.75 | NR | 2.76 | United Kingdom | 0.75 | 2.62 | 5.16 | 3.35 | 2.31 | ||
| 2 | Thom Barlow | 2.70 | 3.50 | United Kingdom | 3.15 | 3.84 | 2.70 | 5.77 | 3.52 | |||
| 3 | Robert Yau | 2.54 | 3.51 | United Kingdom | 3.08 | 4.32 | 3.14 | 7.53 | 2.54 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Yau | 32.98 | 37.25 | United Kingdom | 42.56 | 36.85 | 34.80 | 40.10 | 32.98 | |||
| 2 | Evan Liu | 39.87 | 42.33 | United States | 42.27 | 39.87 | 41.29 | 43.44 | 44.76 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Sheppard | 41.75 | 46.43 | United Kingdom | 41.75 | 49.00 | 43.69 | 46.59 | 49.16 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breandan Vallance | 1:01.31 | 1:10.76 | United Kingdom | 1:01.31 | 1:21.27 | 1:08.01 | 1:16.88 | 1:07.39 | |||
| 2 | Robert Yau | 1:01.80 | 1:14.53 | United Kingdom | 1:16.48 | 1:30.55 | 1:12.58 | 1:01.80 | 1:14.53 | |||
| 3 | Sameer Mahmood | 1:16.30 | 1:21.76 | United Kingdom | 1:16.30 | 1:24.06 | 1:20.90 | 1:20.33 | 1:43.15 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breandan Vallance | 2:24.75 | 2:31.95 | United Kingdom | 2:24.75 | 2:34.86 | 2:36.24 | |||||
| 2 | Robert Yau | 2:33.80 | 2:39.04 | United Kingdom | 2:33.80 | 2:40.28 | 2:43.04 | |||||
| 3 | Chris Wall | 2:55.33 | 3:11.32 | United Kingdom | 3:14.85 | 2:55.33 | 3:23.79 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Yau | 3:38.00 | 3:43.69 | NR | United Kingdom | 3:53.95 | 3:38.00 | 3:39.11 | ||||
| 2 | Daniel Sheppard | 3:37.79 | NR | 4:02.54 | United Kingdom | 4:15.10 | 3:37.79 | 4:14.74 | ||||
| 3 | Evan Liu | 3:55.43 | 4:04.38 | United States | 4:07.51 | 3:55.43 | 4:10.20 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Frost | 47.11 | 50.02 | NR | United Kingdom | 47.11 | 52.13 | 50.83 | ||||
| 2 | Callum Hales-Jepp | 54.84 | DNF | United Kingdom | 1:09.32 | DNF | 54.84 | |||||
| 3 | Matthew Sheerin | 1:05.63 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 1:05.63 | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sameer Mahmood | 13.90 | 16.63 | United Kingdom | 15.18 | 20.45 | 14.27 | 22.52 | 13.90 | |||
| 2 | Alexander Lau | 13.71 | 16.74 | United Kingdom | 16.62 | 17.68 | 17.39 | 13.71 | 16.20 | |||
| 3 | Evan Liu | 16.90 | 19.61 | United States | 28.17 | 22.06 | 18.25 | 16.90 | 18.52 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Molloy | 7.47 | 8.16 | United Kingdom | 8.21 | 7.47 | 8.99 | 8.24 | 8.04 | |||
| 2 | Daniel Sheppard | 7.44 | 8.57 | United Kingdom | 8.42 | 8.54 | 7.44 | 8.75 | 9.07 | |||
| 3 | Conor Cronin | 7.91 | AfR | 9.23 | South Africa | 9.54 | 7.91 | 8.59 | 9.67 | 9.55 | ||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Wall | 52.91 | 1:01.82 | United Kingdom | 1:10.62 | 1:08.46 | 52.91 | 58.90 | 58.09 | |||
| 2 | Robert Yau | 56.50 | 1:04.60 | United Kingdom | 1:06.74 | 1:03.18 | 56.50 | 1:03.87 | 1:07.05 | |||
| 3 | Callum Hales-Jepp | 1:17.33 | 1:20.24 | United Kingdom | 1:19.29 | 1:22.64 | 1:17.33 | 1:20.25 | 1:21.19 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Hubbard | 4.37 | 6.66 | United Kingdom | 7.34 | 4.37 | 6.09 | 6.54 | 11.68 | |||
| 2 | Chris Wall | 5.10 | 6.73 | United Kingdom | 10.38 | 7.54 | 5.10 | 5.93 | 6.73 | |||
| 3 | Evan Liu | 4.79 | 6.85 | United States | 6.14 | 4.79 | 6.13 | 9.71 | 8.27 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Wall | 5.89 | 7.11 | United Kingdom | 6.82 | 5.89 | 7.47 | 7.05 | 8.25 | |||
| 2 | Robert Yau | 6.66 | 7.39 | United Kingdom | 8.09 | 6.90 | 7.18 | 6.66 | 11.82 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Sheppard | 6.36 | 8.37 | United Kingdom | 9.08 | 6.36 | 7.60 | 9.13 | 8.42 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Yau | 18.07 | 21.47 | United Kingdom | 24.28 | 21.48 | 18.07 | 19.66 | 23.28 | |||
| 2 | Evan Liu | 20.70 | 24.50 | United States | 21.06 | 29.50 | 29.19 | 23.26 | 20.70 | |||
| 3 | François Courtès | 19.82 | 26.26 | France | 19.82 | 27.44 | 21.73 | 33.74 | 29.61 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Sheerin | 5:13.31 | DNF | United Kingdom | 5:13.31 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) | 5:41.74 | DNF | Malaysia | 6:36.26 | 5:41.74 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | François Courtès | 8:54.53 | DNF | France | DNF | DNF | 8:54.53 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Frost | 7:42.98 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | DNF | 7:42.98 | |||||
| 2 | Matthew Sheerin | 8:28.61 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | DNF | 8:28.61 | |||||
| 3 | Callum Hales-Jepp | 11:08.00 | DNF | United Kingdom | 11:08.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Frost | 19/21 50:24 | NR | United Kingdom | 19/21 50:24 | |||||||
| 2 | Callum Hales-Jepp | 14/15 56:35 | United Kingdom | 14/15 56:35 | ||||||||
| 3 | Matthew Sheerin | 14/17 57:30 | United Kingdom | 14/17 57:30 | ||||||||
3x3x3 With Feet
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum Hales-Jepp | 58.07 | 1:02.54 | United Kingdom | 58.07 | 1:02.22 | 1:07.34 | |||||
| 2 | Evan Liu | 1:13.96 | 1:23.42 | United States | 1:32.24 | 1:13.96 | 1:24.05 | |||||
| 3 | Chris Wall | 1:19.61 | 1:31.37 | United Kingdom | 1:21.13 | 1:53.38 | 1:19.61 | |||||