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Apollo Bay Cubing 2024

Apollo Bay, Victoria · 15 June 2024 · 8 events · 53 competitors · 61 personal bests

Phoenix Patterson won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.18 seconds. 53 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Eli Panetta set the Skewb average continental record: 2.27.

Four wins
Phoenix Patterson — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.18s
closest final — 3×3, Phoenix Patterson over Roman Rudakov
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Phoenix Patterson6.558.08
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.051.90
4×4Phoenix Patterson31.3236.93
3×3 blindfoldedTheodore Chan16.8620.17
3×3 one-handedPhoenix Patterson9.7412.34
PyraminxZiqi Ding1.731.87
SkewbZiqi Ding2.412.90
Square-1Putian Ye (叶溥天)8.209.79

The PB harvest

61 set · 28 still standing
  • Putian Ye (叶溥天) — 3×3 single 6.98: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Liam Sydenham — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Manning Bricknell — 4×4 single 44.00: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Patton — Skewb single 5.14: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Arthur Garnier — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Aaron Spiller — 3×3 one-handed single 20.44: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
  • Arthur Garnier — Pyraminx single 6.39: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
  • Levi Benjamin Matara-Ng — 3×3 one-handed single 22.30: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 504 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. Phoenix Patterson won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.