Competitions · Australia
Darwin Open 2019
Darwin, Northern Territory · 7 December 2019 · 11 events · 27 competitors · 31 personal bests
Feliks Zemdegs won nine of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ben Wakelin by 0.72 seconds. 27 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Zidan Elias Vieira took a 2×2 single of 5.53 down to 3.31, 40 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Feliks Zemdegs | 5.67 | 6.41 |
| 2×2 | Feliks Zemdegs | 2.02 | 2.49 |
| 4×4 | Feliks Zemdegs | 24.40 | 25.99 |
| 5×5 | Feliks Zemdegs | 41.93 | 44.48 |
| 6×6 | Feliks Zemdegs | 1:27.20 | 1:29.64 |
| 7×7 | Feliks Zemdegs | 2:00.82 | 2:07.18 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Feliks Zemdegs | 1:09.19 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Feliks Zemdegs | 10.58 | 11.08 |
| Megaminx | Feliks Zemdegs | 34.79 | 42.77 |
| Pyraminx | Kyros Tan | 4.13 | 5.19 |
| Skewb | Ben Wakelin | 2.50 | 4.13 |
The PB harvest
31 set · 9 still standing- Kyros Tan — 3×3 single 7.13: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
- Conor Sullivan — 3×3 single 8.39: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
- Conor Sullivan — Pyraminx single 3.55: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
- Conor Sullivan — 4×4 single 35.61: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
- Kyros Tan — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
- Kyros Tan — 4×4 single 39.53: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
- Zidan Elias Vieira — 2×2 single 3.31: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
- Ethan Pride — 6×6 single 2:46.67: into the top 34.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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
27 competitors · 160 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 6.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D L' B U F U2 R D F' L' B2 L2 U2 F2 U2 F2 R2 B' D2 R2 F' - 2
L R F2 D2 L U2 R' F2 D F R F L U' F2 U B' L' R - 3
D2 F2 U' R2 B2 D' B2 U' F2 U2 L U2 R2 D R2 U' L R' B' L2 - 4
L' F' B R2 U F' L2 U' L' D2 R' L2 B2 L2 F2 D' B2 U2 D - 5
D2 L2 F R2 F D2 R2 F R' F' D U B' F2 L' U L2 U B
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
27 competitors- Aaron Spiller
- Ben Wakelin
- Cillian David
- Conor Sullivan
- Edward Hollingdale
- Ethan Pride
- Feliks Zemdegs
- Isaac Edwards
- Isaiah Macdonald
- Jack Broad
- Jeswin Johnson
- Jonathan Charlesworth
- Kevin Jimmy
- Kupe Potaka
- Kyros Tan
- Lachlan Stephens
- Lily Dell-Rennie
- Luca Lobo
- Mark Charlesworth
- Nathan Fisher
- Nicholas Baker
- Paul N. van de Geest
- Raymond Pascual Eliorda
- Skev Politis-Stoddart
- Thomas Kuswadi
- William Maddock
- Zidan Elias Vieira
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.