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Competitions · Australia

Apollo Bay Cubing 2023

Apollo Bay, Victoria · 13 May 2023 · 8 events · 68 competitors · 97 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.48 seconds. 68 competitors produced 97 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Caleb Williams took a 2×2 single of 6.47 down to 2.44, 62 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.48s
closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Feliks Zemdegs
97
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.036.47
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.351.83
4×4Feliks Zemdegs22.6526.19
5×5Feliks Zemdegs41.1344.59
3×3 blindfoldedAaron Spiller1:29.32—
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs36.8144.79
PyraminxPhoenix Patterson1.692.61
Square-1Phoenix Patterson5.908.68

The PB harvest

97 set · 27 still standing
  • Miller Atkinson — Pyraminx single 2.60: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Lochitha Subasinghe — Square-1 single 10.17: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Aaron Spiller — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Jemima Chippindall — 3×3 single 10.80: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Jordi Hernandez — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Jordi Hernandez — 2×2 single 3.71: into the top 22.8% of the event's history.
  • Edward Hanslow — Pyraminx single 6.68: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
  • Luke McCracken — Pyraminx single 6.79: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

68 competitors · 473 results · 8 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 6.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.