Rubik's UK Championship 2025
- Date
- Aug 22 - 24, 2025
- City
- Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Venue
University of Birmingham, Sports & Fitness
- Address
- Sport & Fitness, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
- Details
Munrow Arena
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- UK Cube Association
- WCA Delegates
- AJ Nicholls, Ada Cooke, Adam Swaine, Ben Ridley, Bertie Longden, Edward Hollingdale, Eleanor Sinnott, James Golding, Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿), Oliver Hexter, Oliver Wheat, Rich Casey, Ryan Eckersley, Sam Spendla, and Scott Hunter
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- Information
Welcome to Rubik's UK Championship 2025!
This year's UK National Championship!
Please read ALL tabs before registering.
Spectators are welcome to attend for free. There's no need to pre-book - feel free to drop in whenever you wish!
Free T-Shirt: By registering and attending Rubik's UK Championship 2025, you'll receive a Rubik's UK Championship 2025 T-shirt as a memento! Please fill in your registration comment with your T-shirt size.
Newcomers: Unfortunately, this competition is not open to first-time competitors. If you have not been to a competition before but would like to attend this one, you must attend another competition first. You can see all upcoming UK competitions here.
Qualification Requirements: If you do not meet the qualification requirements outlined in the Events tab in an official WCA competition by August 10th you will not be eligible to compete in those events. You will not be able to add events to your registration which you do not qualify for, but can update your registration if you later qualify for them. Please note that the only qualification for 2x2, 3x3, Pyraminx, and Skewb is to have any average in the event.
Final Round Advancements: The top 6 UK competitors will be guaranteed to progress into the finals for all events, in addition to the top 10 remaining best competitors of any region. For 3x3, the top 8 UK competitors will be guaranteed to progress into the finals.
Fewest Moves: FMC will not be held at this competition. To compete for the national champion title for FMC, you must compete at the Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2025. The winner of the FMC competition will be awarded their prize during the awards at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
Prizes Eligiblity: As this is the UK National Championship, only competitors who represent the United Kingdom will be eligible for prizes. The competition remains open for all nationalities to compete.
Filming and Photography: Filming and photography will take place at the event. By entering the event premises, you acknowledge that you have been informed you may be photographed and recorded for media to be used by the UKCA and its partners.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 422
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 500 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £50 (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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.
IMPORTANT - Please Read the Below
Please fill in your registration comment with your T-shirt size.
Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any on-the-spot registrations at the competition.
Once you have been accepted, you will receive a confirmation email. If registration is full by the time you pay then you will not receive this confirmation email and you will be on the waiting list. If you do not make the competitor list by August 11th at 5:00pm, then you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
You will not be able to add any events to your registration which you do not qualify for. If you do later achieve the qualification standard for an event, you can add the event to your registration via the competition registration page. You must make any change to your registered events by August 11th at 5:00pm.
If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible by contacting us. We will issue a 75% refund if you let us know before August 11th at 5:00pm, which will allow someone off the waiting list an opportunity to compete.
If you have any questions, please check out the FAQ or contact us.
Again, please fill in your registration comment with your T-shirt size.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Olaf Kuźmiński won with an average of 6.34 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ryan Chan finished second (6.69) and Ciarán Beahan finished third (6.81).
African records: Daniel Rush 4x4x4 Cube 25.54 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 1:59.62 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:05.71 (average).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olaf Kuźmiński | 5.29 | 6.34 | Poland | 5.93 | 8.57 | 5.52 | 5.29 | 7.56 | |||
| 2 | Ryan Chan | 6.05 | 6.69 | Hong Kong, China | 9.70 | 6.78 | 6.40 | 6.88 | 6.05 | |||
| 3 | Ciarán Beahan | 5.40 | 6.81 | Ireland | 7.17 | 7.60 | 7.66 | 5.40 | 5.66 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Tully | 0.74 | 1.37 | United Kingdom | 0.74 | 1.79 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 3.44 | |||
| 2 | Olaf Kuźmiński | 0.80 | 1.56 | Poland | 0.80 | 1.83 | 1.44 | 1.40 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Dan Turner | 1.07 | 1.60 | United Kingdom | 1.07 | 1.67 | 1.87 | 1.50 | 1.62 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciarán Beahan | 22.34 | 22.80 | Ireland | 24.04 | 22.61 | 22.36 | 23.44 | 22.34 | |||
| 2 | Daniel Rush | 23.80 | 25.54 | AfR | South Africa | 26.77 | 25.61 | 25.53 | 23.80 | 25.48 | ||
| 3 | Daniel Partridge | 25.46 | 26.77 | United Kingdom | 27.11 | 27.80 | 25.46 | 27.53 | 25.68 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciarán Beahan | 38.34 | 42.00 | Ireland | 43.70 | 45.19 | 42.79 | 39.51 | 38.34 | |||
| 2 | Daniel Rush | 43.71 | 46.34 | South Africa | 44.57 | 49.16 | 56.58 | 45.29 | 43.71 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Partridge | 43.72 | 46.68 | United Kingdom | 43.72 | 45.55 | 50.63 | 53.96 | 43.86 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciarán Beahan | 1:10.87 | 1:14.46 | Ireland | 1:15.10 | 1:17.42 | 1:10.87 | |||||
| 2 | Daniel Rush | 1:24.01 | 1:25.22 | South Africa | 1:25.09 | 1:26.57 | 1:24.01 | |||||
| 3 | Cham J. Chambers | 1:25.26 | 1:30.72 | United Kingdom | 1:25.26 | 1:29.65 | 1:37.26 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciarán Beahan | 1:47.81 | 1:53.76 | Ireland | 2:02.30 | 1:47.81 | 1:51.18 | |||||
| 2 | Daniel Rush | 2:05.43 | 2:07.73 | South Africa | 2:05.43 | 2:09.62 | 2:08.13 | |||||
| 3 | Daniel Partridge | 2:15.01 | 2:17.41 | United Kingdom | 2:19.82 | 2:15.01 | 2:17.41 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Stokes | 21.36 | 23.07 | United Kingdom | 22.87 | 24.99 | 21.36 | |||||
| 2 | Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) | 24.20 | DNF | China | 24.20 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Ezra Hirschi | 24.58 | 26.72 | Switzerland | 27.06 | 28.53 | 24.58 | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Archer | 7.77 | 8.23 | United Kingdom | 8.16 | 8.66 | 7.86 | 7.77 | 9.36 | |||
| 2 | Louis de Mendonça | 8.27 | 10.58 | United Kingdom | 10.46 | 12.14 | 8.27 | 9.14 | 12.85 | |||
| 3 | Alan Fang | 8.96 | 11.02 | United Kingdom | 9.76 | 12.62 | 10.67 | 8.96 | 15.43 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 2.83 | 3.18 | Norway | 2.83 | 3.28 | 3.80 | 3.33 | 2.92 | |||
| 2 | Caleb Wolf Dunn | 2.34 | 3.33 | United Kingdom | 2.34 | 2.96 | 3.30 | 3.73 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Danny Morgan | 2.66 | 3.71 | United Kingdom | 2.66 | 4.38 | 3.31 | 6.71 | 3.44 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan Grainger | 25.40 | 28.24 | United Kingdom | 25.40 | 31.21 | 26.70 | 26.80 | 35.30 | |||
| 2 | Sean Moran | 30.59 | 33.94 | United Kingdom | 30.59 | 35.51 | 33.31 | 34.78 | 33.72 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Partridge | 34.97 | 37.60 | United Kingdom | 42.21 | 37.69 | 35.62 | 34.97 | 39.49 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Partridge | 1.59 | 2.30 | United Kingdom | 2.90 | 2.69 | 2.47 | 1.59 | 1.73 | |||
| 2 | Edward Burgess | 1.93 | 2.51 | United Kingdom | 2.49 | 3.79 | 3.09 | 1.93 | 1.96 | |||
| 3 | Niklas Aasen Eliasson | 1.29 | 2.52 | Norway | 3.44 | 2.43 | 2.65 | 2.49 | 1.29 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Lafourcade | 1.83 | 2.40 | France | 1.83 | 2.87 | 2.57 | 2.41 | 2.22 | |||
| 2 | Ariel Benchetrit | 1.59 | 2.45 | United Kingdom | 1.99 | 3.47 | 3.19 | 2.18 | 1.59 | |||
| 3 | Harry Owen | 2.53 | 3.09 | United Kingdom | 3.59 | 4.29 | 2.80 | 2.53 | 2.87 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Corker | 6.21 | 7.59 | United Kingdom | 8.16 | 6.21 | 7.95 | 8.88 | 6.65 | |||
| 2 | Austin Ritchie | 7.37 | 8.32 | United Kingdom | 10.03 | 7.37 | 7.52 | DNF | 7.41 | |||
| 3 | Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源) | 6.48 | 8.45 | United Kingdom | 15.31 | 6.91 | 7.48 | 6.48 | 10.95 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 1:29.95 | DNF | United Kingdom | 1:29.95 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Ezra Hirschi | 1:43.27 | DNF | Switzerland | DNF | 2:15.84 | 1:43.27 | |||||
| 3 | Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) | 2:10.10 | DNF | China | DNF | 2:10.10 | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 4:59.36 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 4:59.36 | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) | 5:19.33 | DNF | China | 5:19.33 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Michael Ngan (顏律言) | 7:40.37 | 8:20.39 | NR | Hong Kong, China | 7:40.37 | 8:10.89 | 9:09.91 | ||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezra Hirschi | 48/60 1:00:00 | Switzerland | DNF | 48/60 1:00:00 | |||||||
| 2 | Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) | 35/35 54:43 | China | 35/35 54:43 | 37/41 57:41 | |||||||
| 3 | Thomas Patterson | 30/33 53:58 | United Kingdom | 25/37 59:32 | 30/33 53:58 | |||||||