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Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021

Melbourne, Victoria · 17 April 2021 · 10 events · 176 competitors · 265 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jode Brewster by 0.07 seconds. 176 competitors produced 265 personal bests, 83 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 4×4 single continental record: 17.98.

Five wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, Jode Brewster over Feliks Zemdegs
265
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.847.25
2×2Jode Brewster1.481.85
4×4Feliks Zemdegs17.9821.57
5×5Feliks Zemdegs44.4645.85
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai20.96—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.9011.39
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs36.2540.60
PyraminxJunqi Feng (冯骏骐)1.682.45
SkewbPhoenix Patterson3.193.88
3×3 Multi-BlindMichael Tripodi27 of 37 cubes · 59:15—

The PB harvest

265 set · 83 still standing
  • Ray Zhang (张灏睿) — 3×3 single 6.75: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Yoav Eynon — Skewb single 2.83: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Jack Love — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Anthony Qi — Skewb single 3.67: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Ricky Zhang — Skewb single 3.84: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Jiaming Bob Yi — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Sophia Mykhaylyk — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
  • Wilbur Phillips — Skewb single 4.49: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

176 competitors · 1164 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 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

176 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.