Competitions · Australia

Cubing at The Game Expo 2024

Melbourne, Victoria · 23 March 2024 · 4 events · 94 competitors · 68 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ziqi Ding by 0.22 seconds. 94 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aria Sanza took a Pyraminx single of 12.45 down to 5.90, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4

0.22s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ziqi Ding over Eli Panetta

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	6.14	6.66
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.20	1.75
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	22.38	23.78
Pyraminx	Ziqi Ding	2.18	2.68

The PB harvest

68 set · 34 still standing

Nguyễn Khang Minh — 3×3 single 5.88: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
Riley Verrall — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Riley Verrall — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Yitong Kong (孔艺潼) — Pyraminx single 3.80: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Lionel Wang — 3×3 single 9.94: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Braxley Stevens — 3×3 single 12.07: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Darren Ly — 2×2 single 3.06: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Yitong Kong (孔艺潼) — 4×4 single 43.34: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

94 competitors · 405 results · 4 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 6.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.