Competitions · Australia

Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023

San Remo, Victoria · 16 September 2023 · 9 events · 60 competitors · 78 personal bests

Phoenix Patterson won five of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ziqi Ding by 0.00 seconds. 60 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Amaan Khan took a 2×2 single of 6.71 down to 2.54, 62 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Phoenix Patterson — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.00s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ziqi Ding over Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phoenix Patterson	5.96	7.35
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.51	1.86
4×4	Phoenix Patterson	26.63	32.09
5×5	Ray Zhang (张灏睿)	55.44	1:03.34
3×3 blindfolded	Tam Quan	18.72	—
3×3 one-handed	Phoenix Patterson	11.71	13.60
Megaminx	Roman Rudakov	47.50	54.56
Pyraminx	Ziqi Ding	1.62	2.50
Square-1	Phoenix Patterson	8.46	9.74

The PB harvest

78 set · 18 still standing

Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) — 3×3 one-handed single 10.01: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Ray Zhang (张灏睿) — Pyraminx single 2.89: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Jack O'Mahony — 4×4 single 33.44: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Amaan Khan — Pyraminx single 3.60: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Amaan Khan — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Braxley Stevens — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Noah Przychodzen — Pyraminx single 4.91: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Jack O'Mahony — Megaminx single 1:15.24: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

60 competitors · 545 results · 9 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 7.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.