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Competitions · Australia

Adelaide Summer 2018

Adelaide, South Australia · 13 January 2018 · 13 events · 75 competitors · 108 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won seven of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Andy Gong by 0.04 seconds. 75 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tomoya Firman set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 2:53.82.

Seven wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, 5×5 blindfolded
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Andy Gong over Jayden McNeill
108
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.056.58
2×2Feliks Zemdegs1.451.83
4×4Feliks Zemdegs21.4528.00
5×5Feliks Zemdegs44.1647.63
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:22.941:28.18
3×3 blindfoldedTomoya Firman25.80—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs8.6410.64
PyraminxAndy Gong3.835.19
SkewbJayden McNeill3.844.08
Square-1Jayden McNeill8.9410.38
4×4 blindfoldedTomoya Firman2:53.82—
5×5 blindfoldedFeliks Zemdegs11:56.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindZeshaan Khokhar25 of 30 cubes · 59:35—

The PB harvest

108 set · 22 still standing
  • Tomoya Firman — 3×3 one-handed single 8.36: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
  • Feliks Zemdegs — Square-1 single 8.99: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Liam Sweet — 3×3 blindfolded single 50.04: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Ewan Coulter — Pyraminx single 4.53: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Liam Sweet — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 14 of 15 cubes · 50:12: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 11 of 11 cubes · 47:01: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Liam Wood — Pyraminx single 5.48: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Dev Manish Oberay — 2×2 single 3.58: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 458 results · 13 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 6.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.