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Brilliant Ballarat 2019

Ballarat, Victoria · 16 February 2019 · 14 events · 57 competitors · 100 personal bests

Tommy Kiprillis won four of the 14 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ethan Stevens by 0.01 seconds. 57 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jack Cai set the 4×4 blindfolded average national record: 4:34.77.

Four wins
Tommy Kiprillis — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1
0.01s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ethan Stevens over Riley Dexter
100
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tommy Kiprillis6.407.60
2×2Andy Gong1.841.91
4×4Andy Gong32.9235.38
5×5Ryan Driscoll58.151:00.29
6×6Ryan Driscoll1:50.781:53.72
7×7Ryan Driscoll2:39.022:42.45
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai21.34—
3×3 Fewest MovesAndy Gong34 moves—
3×3 one-handedTommy Kiprillis10.5614.32
MegaminxWill Gurnett47.3954.44
PyraminxEthan Stevens2.323.22
SkewbTommy Kiprillis2.843.68
Square-1Tommy Kiprillis9.149.99
4×4 blindfoldedJack Cai3:20.854:34.77

The PB harvest

100 set · 17 still standing
  • Calven Lipec — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Will Gurnett — Megaminx single 47.39: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Austin Allen — Pyraminx single 4.81: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Calven Lipec — 3×3 one-handed single 18.61: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Driscoll — Megaminx single 1:13.62: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Salih Kolakovic — 4×4 single 49.84: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
  • Alistair McDonald — 3×3 single 15.51: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
  • Alistair McDonald — Skewb single 6.11: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 575 results · 14 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. Tommy Kiprillis won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.