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Brilliant Ballarat 2023

Ballarat, Victoria · 25 February 2023 · 10 events · 140 competitors · 133 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ziqi Ding by 0.06 seconds. 140 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Michael Tripodi set the 4×4 blindfolded average continental record: 1:54.92.

Three wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.06s
closest final — Skewb, Ziqi Ding over Phoenix Patterson
133
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.696.31
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.291.52
4×4Feliks Zemdegs22.4224.88
5×5Feliks Zemdegs41.8146.68
3×3 blindfoldedTam Quan18.67—
PyraminxJunqi Feng (冯骏骐)1.812.48
SkewbZiqi Ding3.113.68
Square-1Auric Cui8.9511.85
4×4 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi1:51.481:54.92
5×5 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi3:44.60—

The PB harvest

133 set · 36 still standing
  • Riley Dexter — 2×2 single 0.57: into the top 0.026% of the event's history.
  • Ray Zhang (张灏睿) — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Joe Labas — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Brian Allen — 4×4 single 32.61: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Jakub Tichy — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Burbush — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Jack Nguyen — 3×3 single 11.08: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Mitchell David Rudebeck — Pyraminx single 5.60: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 766 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 6.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.