Competitions · Australia
Adelaide Winter 2018
Adelaide, South Australia · 14 July 2018 · 10 events · 51 competitors · 64 personal bests
Tomoya Firman won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Emmet Hobbs by 0.17 seconds. 51 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Hieu Nguyen took a 3×3 single of 11.10 down to 7.45, 33 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Tomoya Firman | 8.20 | 8.58 |
| 2×2 | Matthew Cook | 3.15 | 3.48 |
| 4×4 | Tomoya Firman | 27.14 | 32.86 |
| 5×5 | Ryan Driscoll | 1:03.95 | 1:06.97 |
| 6×6 | Ryan Driscoll | 1:43.27 | 1:48.23 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Tomoya Firman | 27.71 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Tomoya Firman | 10.54 | 14.27 |
| Pyraminx | Emmet Hobbs | 3.15 | 5.03 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Tomoya Firman | 2:07.04 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Dallas McNeil | 5 of 8 cubes · 47:51 | — |
The PB harvest
64 set · 13 still standing- Hieu Nguyen — 3×3 single 7.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
- Lin Lai (赖林) — 4×4 single 33.60: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
- Ewan Coulter — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
- Hieu Nguyen — 4×4 single 43.98: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
- Ewan Coulter — 4×4 single 43.99: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
- Liam Sweet — Pyraminx single 6.28: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
- Hieu Nguyen — 3×3 one-handed single 21.55: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
- Liam Sweet — 4×4 single 51.54: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
22 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
51 competitors · 286 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. Tomoya Firman won it with a 8.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 L2 R2 D B2 F2 U L2 D F L B D' F U' F D' U2 B U2 - 2
U B2 D' B2 L2 F2 U F2 D F' U F L F2 D U R' U' L2 - 3
L U2 L D2 R' B2 R D2 R' B' U R D' U' B F' U R2 B L2 - 4
F2 R U2 D' R L F' D R2 F B2 D F2 R2 L2 D B2 L2 U' R2 F2 - 5
U' B2 F2 U L2 R2 B2 D' L2 F2 R B' L R2 B' U2 B R F2 R'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
51 competitors- Aaron Mi
- Alexander Crush
- Alexander Diamond
- Anthony Johns
- Aston Culf
- Callum Richards
- Cuong Van
- Dallas McNeil
- Darren Nguyen
- Dev Manish Oberay
- Donna Cook
- Dylan Oors-L'Estrange
- Edward MacLaughlan
- Elise Watson
- Emmet Hobbs
- Ethan Pride
- Ewan Coulter
- Hieu Nguyen
- Jack Cai
- Jakob Struve
- Jasper Harding
- Jesse Kurtz
- John Cook
- Keith Templar
- Kittatam Saisaard
- Lachlan Curl
- Leo Hock-Morris
- Liam Anderson
- Liam Sweet
- Lin Lai (赖林)
- Maiko Fujihara
- Matthew Cook
- Matthew Flay
- Michele Pipicelli
- Noel Sony
- Oscar Watson
- Owen Hartley-Brown
- Rachel Chowindra
- Rafael Chowindra
- Raymond Wen
- Ryan Driscoll
- Savitha Lamahewa
- Sebastian Robbins
- Sora Le Vagueresse
- Stuart Anthony Hincks
- Thimitha Lamahewa
- Tomoya Firman
- William Moulden
- Winston Varney
- Xander Grice
- Xishuo Wang (王玺硕)
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.