Competitions · Australia

Cubing Classic 2017

Melbourne, Victoria · 18 March 2017 · 12 events · 91 competitors · 125 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won seven of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jayden McNeill by 0.29 seconds. 91 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 7×7 single world record: 2:18.13.

Seven wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.29s

closest final — 2×2, Jayden McNeill over Cameron Stollery

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	6.16	7.28
2×2	Jayden McNeill	1.26	1.90
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	24.75	27.53
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	49.23	52.81
6×6	Feliks Zemdegs	1:40.84	1:42.95
7×7	Feliks Zemdegs	2:18.13	2:22.76
3×3 blindfolded	Jack Cai	34.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	9.64	12.23
Megaminx	Feliks Zemdegs	44.86	46.02
Pyraminx	Aneesh Sawant	4.15	4.36
Square-1	Jayden McNeill	8.33	12.22
3×3 Multi-Blind	Zeshaan Khokhar	16 of 25 cubes · 59:44	—

The PB harvest

125 set · 31 still standing

Hamish Monckton — 3×3 single 7.55: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Tianxing Wang (王天行) — 3×3 single 8.24: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Tim Major — 3×3 single 9.32: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Lachlan O'Gorman — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Hamish Monckton — Square-1 single 13.24: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Nicholas Trusler — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Nathan Box-Billett — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
George Kourouklis — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 552 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 7.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.