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Competitions · Australia

Going to The Gong 2020

Wollongong, New South Wales · 16 February 2020 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 79 personal bests

Jonathan Kaliffe won two of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Taine Cassar by 0.10 seconds. 70 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alan Yang took a Pyraminx single of 17.43 down to 6.79, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Jonathan Kaliffe — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Taine Cassar over Loic Chiang
79
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Taine Cassar8.799.06
2×2Dylan Johnston2.042.37
4×4Justin He27.3834.21
3×3 blindfoldedJonathan Kaliffe1:11.322:32.40
3×3 one-handedJonathan Kaliffe13.9916.00
PyraminxSora Sato3.173.94

The PB harvest

79 set · 41 still standing
  • Jonathan Kaliffe — 3×3 single 7.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Justin He — 4×4 single 27.38: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Kaliffe — 3×3 one-handed single 13.99: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Kaliffe — 4×4 single 34.87: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Abinav Chennupati — 3×3 one-handed single 15.00: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Sam Ellis — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Max Heming — 3×3 single 10.44: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Druery — 3×3 single 10.85: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

70 competitors · 318 results · 6 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. Taine Cassar won it with a 9.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.