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Competitions · Australia

Cube for Cambodia 2017

Melbourne, Victoria · 7 May 2017 · 6 events · 87 competitors · 73 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ben Wakelin by 1.56 seconds. 87 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arta Rasekhi took a 3×3 single of 1:08.69 down to 24.85, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed
1.56s
closest final — Skewb, Ben Wakelin over Ethan Stevens
73
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.336.67
5×5Feliks Zemdegs50.5751.32
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai39.04—
3×3 Fewest MovesFeliks Zemdegs31 moves—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.7111.06
SkewbBen Wakelin3.404.53

The PB harvest

73 set · 18 still standing
  • Nathaniel Khalinsky — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Ramesh Vidyasagar — 3×3 one-handed single 15.25: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • James Shearwood — 3×3 one-handed single 17.69: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathaniel Khalinsky — 5×5 single 1:13.80: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Trusler — 3×3 single 13.48: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Ramesh Vidyasagar — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 32 moves: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Jason Collins — 3×3 single 15.32: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Trusler — 3×3 one-handed single 25.23: into the top 34.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

87 competitors · 336 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 6.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.