Competitions · Australia

Brilliant Ballarat 2024

Ballarat, Victoria · 16 March 2024 · 10 events · 86 competitors · 109 personal bests

Jode Brewster won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.10 seconds. 86 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Theodore Chan set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 1:58.37.

Four wins

Jode Brewster — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Square-1

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Jode Brewster

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jode Brewster	6.33	7.16
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.32	1.50
4×4	Jode Brewster	27.48	29.25
5×5	Jode Brewster	53.05	59.86
3×3 blindfolded	Theodore Chan	18.56	—
Pyraminx	Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)	1.99	2.28
Skewb	Ziqi Ding	1.86	2.95
Square-1	Jode Brewster	7.16	8.62
4×4 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	1:35.05	—
5×5 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	4:40.16	—

The PB harvest

109 set · 38 still standing

Divnoor Bajwa — 4×4 single 28.54: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jesse Oviss — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Manning Bricknell — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Wilbur Phillips — 3×3 single 10.45: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Adriel Cedric Raquel — 3×3 single 11.69: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Ziqi Ding — Square-1 single 13.51: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Isaac Gardiner — 3×3 single 12.30: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Rafael Gideon Agdigos — 3×3 single 13.66: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 569 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. Jode Brewster won it with a 7.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.