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Brilliant Ballarat 2022

Ballarat, Victoria · 12 February 2022 · 10 events · 102 competitors · 130 personal bests

Michael Tripodi won three of the ten events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Riley Dexter by 0.10 seconds. 102 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Michael Tripodi set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 3:33.98.

Three wins
Michael Tripodi — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Riley Dexter over Feliks Zemdegs
130
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Riley Dexter6.697.38
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.471.64
4×4Feliks Zemdegs24.5226.31
5×5Feliks Zemdegs42.0043.93
3×3 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi20.47—
PyraminxWesley Allen2.052.74
SkewbBen Wakelin3.483.78
Square-1David Epstein5.766.31
4×4 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi1:41.19—
5×5 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi3:33.98—

The PB harvest

130 set · 30 still standing
  • Charlie Cannon — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Juan-Felipe Forero — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Wesley Allen — 4×4 single 35.91: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Eppingstall — Pyraminx single 4.10: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Johnathan Starkey — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Collins — 3×3 single 12.45: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Juan-Felipe Forero — 4×4 single 44.43: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • Bridget Giouris — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 635 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. Riley Dexter won it with a 7.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.