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Competitions · Australia

Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023

Melbourne, Victoria · 10 September 2023 · 3 events · 127 competitors · 104 personal bests

Phoenix Patterson won three of the three events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.52 seconds. 127 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Richard Albert Li took a 2×2 single of 15.24 down to 4.77, 69 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Phoenix Patterson — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.52s
closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Roman Rudakov
104
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Phoenix Patterson6.387.20
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.181.74
3×3 one-handedPhoenix Patterson11.3713.87

The PB harvest

104 set · 37 still standing
  • Zeke Vanstan — 3×3 single 7.58: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Faith Wong — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Tony Nguyen — 3×3 single 9.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Zeke Vanstan — 3×3 one-handed single 14.75: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Mihin Kaluarachchi — 3×3 single 10.22: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Kalani Little — 3×3 single 10.28: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Mihin Kaluarachchi — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Rob Patrick Surya — 3×3 one-handed single 17.40: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

127 competitors · 420 results · 3 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. Phoenix Patterson won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

127 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.