Competitions · Australia

Geelong Winter 2023

Geelong, Victoria · 29 July 2023 · 7 events · 114 competitors · 154 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.16 seconds. 114 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Noah Muscat took a 3×3 one-handed single of 59.99 down to 19.79, 67 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Feliks Zemdegs

154

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.61	6.38
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	0.94	1.50
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	22.56	24.77
3×3 blindfolded	Tam Quan	21.47	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	9.37	10.17
Pyraminx	Phoenix Patterson	1.57	2.50
Skewb	Eli Panetta	2.25	2.87

The PB harvest

154 set · 46 still standing

Matthew Sieredzinski — 3×3 single 7.30: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Divnoor Bajwa — 3×3 one-handed single 11.65: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Manning Bricknell — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Myles Jarman — 3×3 one-handed single 12.57: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Lily Dell-Rennie — Pyraminx single 4.31: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Angus Henkel — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Tam Quan — Skewb single 4.04: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Jai Singh — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

114 competitors · 734 results · 7 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 6.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.