Competitions · Australia

Connor's Cube Day 2016

Melbourne, Victoria · 29 May 2016 · 6 events · 96 competitors · 124 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by James Shearwood by 0.73 seconds. 96 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 2×2 single continental record: 0.79.

Five wins

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

0.73s

closest final — Pyraminx, James Shearwood over Ethan Stevens

124

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	6.22	7.99
2×2	Feliks Zemdegs	0.79	2.56
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	23.68	30.15
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	48.07	52.74
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	10.75	11.42
Pyraminx	James Shearwood	3.56	4.74

The PB harvest

124 set · 39 still standing

Nathaniel Khalinsky — 2×2 single 1.41: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Tomoya Firman — 2×2 single 1.65: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Yanqing Fang (方彦卿) — 3×3 single 10.17: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Aidan Chan — Pyraminx single 5.30: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Asher Lithgow — 2×2 single 4.00: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Yanqing Fang (方彦卿) — 3×3 one-handed single 23.02: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
Cooper Lamberth — Pyraminx single 7.16: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.
Julian Bonitz — 3×3 single 16.53: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 434 results · 6 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 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.