Competitions · Australia

Altona Algorithms 2024

Melbourne, Victoria · 2 March 2024 · 7 events · 263 competitors · 283 personal bests

Alexander Vujcich won three of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.04 seconds. 263 competitors produced 283 personal bests, 125 of which still stand today, and 74 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nam Nguyen took a Skewb single of 8.31 down to 3.13, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Alexander Vujcich — 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Phoenix Patterson over David Epstein

283

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phoenix Patterson	6.57	7.11
2×2	Alexander Vujcich	1.33	1.56
4×4	Alexander Vujcich	23.50	27.32
3×3 one-handed	Phoenix Patterson	10.58	13.09
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	29.89	30.50
Pyraminx	Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)	1.61	2.47
Skewb	Eli Panetta	2.35	2.93

The PB harvest

283 set · 125 still standing

Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) — Pyraminx single 1.25: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Phoenix Patterson — Pyraminx single 1.25: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Ziqi Ding — Pyraminx single 1.26: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
Darcy Way — 3×3 single 6.65: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Aldrich Ang — 3×3 single 6.87: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Jordan Carswell — Skewb single 1.94: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Oliver Drew — Skewb single 2.39: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
James Schwarz — Skewb single 2.62: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

74 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

263 competitors · 1541 results · 7 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. Phoenix Patterson won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

263 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.