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Competitions · Australia

Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023

Adelaide, South Australia · 24 June 2023 · 5 events · 58 competitors · 43 personal bests

Eddy Deturche won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Thomas Pierroz by 0.34 seconds. 58 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

William Watson took a 2×2 single of 17.69 down to 6.57, 63 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Eddy Deturche — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded
0.34s
closest final — 2×2, Thomas Pierroz over Eddy Deturche
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Eddy Deturche9.8810.42
2×2Thomas Pierroz3.134.30
4×4Eddy Deturche33.9736.96
6×6Brock Hamann2:25.022:32.83
3×3 blindfoldedEddy Deturche39.0645.80

The PB harvest

43 set · 23 still standing
  • Yunzhinan Cai (彩云之楠) — 3×3 single 9.15: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Archie Scholefield — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Yike Feng — 3×3 single 12.33: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
  • Yinhao Ding — 3×3 single 13.35: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Jeremy Arulampalam — 3×3 single 14.87: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian FS Cook — 3×3 single 15.90: into the top 27.4% of the event's history.
  • Vincent Vo — 3×3 single 16.47: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
  • Alaistair Snell — 2×2 single 4.40: into the top 31.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

58 competitors · 233 results · 5 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. Eddy Deturche won it with a 10.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.