Competitions · Australia

Canberra Autumn 2018

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · 21 April 2018 · 11 events · 108 competitors · 133 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.00 seconds. 108 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 5×5 single world record: 37.93.

Five wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.00s

closest final — 3×3, Feliks Zemdegs over Tommy Kiprillis

133

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	6.17	7.23
2×2	Feliks Zemdegs	1.32	1.54
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	22.01	25.48
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	42.95	45.64
3×3 blindfolded	Tong Zhu (朱彤)	52.13	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	11.47	11.96
Clock	Tamara Macadam	6.73	8.49
Pyraminx	Edbert Sim	2.15	3.32
Skewb	Tommy Kiprillis	2.87	3.75
Square-1	Jayden McNeill	9.10	9.82
3×3 with feet	Lam Yu Ching (林雨晴)	36.74	42.39

The PB harvest

133 set · 30 still standing

Jayden McNeill — Pyraminx single 1.78: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Edbert Sim — Pyraminx single 2.15: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Tommy Kiprillis — Pyraminx single 2.17: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Matthew Cook — Pyraminx single 2.26: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Vincent Wong — 4×4 single 28.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jayden McNeill — 3×3 with feet single 33.17: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Sam Ellis — Pyraminx single 3.13: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Matthew Flay — 3×3 one-handed single 13.16: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

108 competitors · 663 results · 11 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 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.