Competitions · Australia

Brilliant Ballarat 2026

Ballarat, Victoria · 30 May 2026 · 10 events · 68 competitors · 80 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Max Parris by 0.18 seconds. 68 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jax Karslake took a 2×2 single of 9.70 down to 3.35, 65 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.18s

closest final — Skewb, Max Parris over Roman Rudakov

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.79	6.48
2×2	Roman Rudakov	0.98	1.28
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	20.58	23.38
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	40.42	42.36
3×3 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	19.55	23.51
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	9.37	10.97
Pyraminx	Firstian Fushada (符逢城)	1.44	2.46
Skewb	Max Parris	1.99	2.46
4×4 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	1:56.31	—
5×5 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	3:38.64	—

The PB harvest

80 set · 47 still standing

Firstian Fushada (符逢城) — Pyraminx single 1.44: into the top 0.35% of the event's history.
Max Parris — Pyraminx single 2.47: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Nate Leitch — Pyraminx single 2.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Parker Ashton — Pyraminx single 3.27: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Shaun Gunawardane — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Andreas Lukic — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Nicholas Allen Crow — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Yadhunandan Rejith — Pyraminx single 4.56: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

68 competitors · 547 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 6.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.