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Altona Algorithms 2019

Melbourne, Victoria · 5 October 2019 · 12 events · 227 competitors · 328 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.14 seconds. 227 competitors produced 328 personal bests, 99 of which still stand today, and 87 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

David Epstein set the Square-1 average continental record: 7.58.

Six wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed
0.14s
closest final — 2×2, Feliks Zemdegs over Jode Brewster
328
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.297.00
2×2Feliks Zemdegs1.592.37
4×4Feliks Zemdegs22.9024.16
5×5Feliks Zemdegs41.5444.39
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:26.671:32.63
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai17.83—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.7311.12
ClockLennon Hughes8.078.51
PyraminxJunqi Feng (冯骏骐)1.912.91
SkewbTommy Kiprillis2.723.07
Square-1David Epstein7.819.17
3×3 Multi-BlindJack Cai24 of 28 cubes · 56:48—

The PB harvest

328 set · 99 still standing
  • Casper Appelberg — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Casper Appelberg — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Austin Allen — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Bryan Wong — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Ray Cusack — 3×3 single 11.00: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Blake Keane — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Jack Sutton — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Riki Lethbridge — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

87 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

227 competitors · 1373 results · 12 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 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

227 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.