Competitions · Australia

Brilliant Ballarat 2025

Ballarat, Victoria · 15 February 2025 · 10 events · 82 competitors · 98 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Zayd Chaudhry by 0.00 seconds. 82 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aiden Yi Jun Jie Stephens took a 2×2 single of 10.04 down to 2.63, 74 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.00s

closest final — Clock, Zayd Chaudhry over Alex Butera

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.45	6.32
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.26	1.35
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	20.78	22.92
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	39.97	41.86
3×3 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	21.56	—
Clock	Zayd Chaudhry	2.99	4.05
Pyraminx	Emmet Hobbs	2.01	2.47
Skewb	Roman Rudakov	2.49	3.36
4×4 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	1:49.68	—
5×5 blindfolded	Lennon Hughes	14:48.00	—

The PB harvest

98 set · 24 still standing

Richard Albert Li — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Xavier Lianto — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Putian Ye (叶溥天) — Clock single 5.09: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
William Gedicke — Skewb single 2.98: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Evan Sergi — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Evan Sergi — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Daniel Toby Michael Lewis — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Thomas Kalinic — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

82 competitors · 642 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 6.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.