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Cubing Classic 2016

Melbourne, Victoria · 19 March 2016 · 11 events · 101 competitors · 150 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jayden McNeill by 0.05 seconds. 101 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 5×5 single world record: 44.83.

Six wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Jayden McNeill over Feliks Zemdegs
150
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.158.02
2×2Jayden McNeill1.291.99
4×4Feliks Zemdegs27.5729.63
5×5Feliks Zemdegs49.1251.01
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:41.411:50.31
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:30.062:37.39
3×3 blindfoldedJayden McNeill38.35—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.0711.48
PyraminxBen Chin4.224.92
SkewbJayden McNeill2.123.45
Square-1Jayden McNeill12.1116.83

The PB harvest

150 set · 35 still standing
  • Jack Beckett — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Ben Chin — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Jamie Schreuder — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Jayden Johnson — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Hamish Monckton — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Hickey — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Aidan Chan — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Arman Cakmakcioglu — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

101 competitors · 594 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 8.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.