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Competitions · Australia

Adelaide Summer 2022

Adelaide, South Australia · 15 January 2022 · 10 events · 76 competitors · 144 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won seven of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.04 seconds. 76 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Whitehead took a Pyraminx single of 14.62 down to 5.25, 64 percent better in one day.

Seven wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Feliks Zemdegs over Riley Dexter
144
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.586.10
2×2Feliks Zemdegs1.712.18
4×4Feliks Zemdegs23.9925.19
5×5Feliks Zemdegs39.1242.78
7×7Feliks Zemdegs1:56.872:08.49
3×3 blindfoldedRiley Dexter1:08.69—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.1712.01
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs36.2844.47
PyraminxRiley Dexter2.833.18
SkewbRiley Dexter3.704.99

The PB harvest

144 set · 43 still standing
  • Aaron Joel Perera — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Flay — 5×5 single 1:05.32: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Max Beames — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Ajitpal Singh Rupal — Pyraminx single 4.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Josiah Andrew Shepherd — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Josiah Andrew Shepherd — 3×3 single 12.09: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Whitehead — 3×3 single 12.45: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Morean — 3×3 single 13.44: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

76 competitors · 548 results · 10 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 6.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.