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Competitions · Australia

Canberra Spring 2017

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · 4 November 2017 · 12 events · 75 competitors · 110 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won eight of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.11 seconds. 75 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jack Cai set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 20.54.

Eight wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Feliks Zemdegs over Jayden McNeill
110
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.457.21
2×2Feliks Zemdegs1.802.07
4×4Feliks Zemdegs24.8230.08
5×5Feliks Zemdegs42.1947.70
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:27.581:30.68
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:08.012:15.21
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai20.54—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.2011.13
ClockTamara Macadam7.098.32
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs39.9342.93
SkewbJayden McNeill2.733.32
Square-1Jayden McNeill9.8811.87

The PB harvest

110 set · 22 still standing
  • Edbert Sim — Skewb single 3.83: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Rainie Liu (刘诗雨) — 3×3 single 12.64: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
  • Carl La Hood — 3×3 single 12.76: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Filbert Sim — 3×3 one-handed single 18.73: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
  • Bradley Matthews — 2×2 single 4.08: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
  • Braedan Archer — 2×2 single 4.32: into the top 30.6% of the event's history.
  • Filbert Sim — 4×4 single 57.30: into the top 33.5% of the event's history.
  • Filbert Sim — Square-1 single 22.81: into the top 34.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 481 results · 12 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 7.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.