Competitions · Australia

Adelaide Summer 2017

Adelaide, South Australia · 21 January 2017 · 9 events · 68 competitors · 66 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Carl La Hood by 0.67 seconds. 68 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 6×6 single world record: 1:27.85.

Six wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.67s

closest final — Pyraminx, Carl La Hood over Matthew Flay

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.72	6.86
2×2	Feliks Zemdegs	1.58	2.75
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	27.49	29.35
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	45.01	49.92
6×6	Feliks Zemdegs	1:32.97	1:37.09
3×3 blindfolded	Jack Cai	29.42	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	10.35	13.27
Pyraminx	Carl La Hood	3.19	4.84
3×3 Multi-Blind	Brock Hamann	12 of 15 cubes · 58:08	—

The PB harvest

66 set · 18 still standing

Hugh McGlone — 3×3 single 9.40: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Ray Li — 3×3 single 9.54: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Nathan Box-Billett — 3×3 single 9.65: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Hugh McGlone — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Hieu Nguyen — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Anita Ung — 3×3 single 11.32: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Eliza Campbell — 4×4 single 39.59: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Matthew Barnard — Pyraminx single 5.08: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 328 results · 9 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 6.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.