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Competitions · Australia

Fortitude Sydney 2019

Sydney, New South Wales · 28 September 2019 · 9 events · 145 competitors · 157 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won three of the nine events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.10 seconds. 145 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tamara Macadam set the Clock average continental record: 7.55.

Three wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Feliks Zemdegs over Vincent Wong
157
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.547.40
4×4Justin He30.5936.49
5×5Feliks Zemdegs40.9645.04
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:25.421:27.45
3×3 blindfoldedTimothy Loh46.61—
3×3 Fewest MovesSam van Vliet31 moves33.33
ClockTamara Macadam6.097.55
MegaminxZuhayr Muhammad Haq51.6856.85
Square-1Sora Sato12.4213.83

The PB harvest

157 set · 49 still standing
  • Marcus Ryan — 3×3 single 8.58: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Kirt Protacio — 4×4 single 32.99: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • William Tao — 5×5 single 1:00.48: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Denton Kev — 3×3 single 9.83: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Tamara Macadam — Clock single 6.09: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Akito Nipatcharoen — 4×4 single 36.40: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Michael Papandony — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Theodore Brown — 3×3 single 12.18: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

145 competitors · 619 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

145 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.