Competitions · Australia

Gold Coast Spring 2019

Gold Coast, Queensland · 21 September 2019 · 7 events · 135 competitors · 150 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by David Pearce by 0.10 seconds. 135 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 62 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Dylan Johnston set the Skewb average continental record: 3.04.

Five wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — Pyraminx, David Pearce over Andrew Huang

150

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	4.75	6.22
2×2	Feliks Zemdegs	0.90	2.29
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	23.07	25.15
3×3 blindfolded	Feliks Zemdegs	54.89	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	8.99	10.47
Pyraminx	David Pearce	3.19	3.93
Skewb	Dylan Johnston	2.74	3.07

The PB harvest

150 set · 58 still standing

Dylan Johnston — Skewb single 2.10: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Dylan Johnston — Pyraminx single 2.75: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Zackeri Joyce — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Haydn McLennan — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Josef Matijevic — Pyraminx single 4.08: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Alex Patti — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Elias Poulsen — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Haydn McLennan — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

62 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

135 competitors · 604 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 6.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

135 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.