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Competitions · Australia

Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023

Melbourne, Victoria · 2 December 2023 · 3 events · 59 competitors · 43 personal bests

David Epstein won the 3×3 with a 5.95 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Emmet Hobbs by 0.04 seconds. 59 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joseph La Gamba took a Pyraminx single of 6.22 down to 3.27, 47 percent better in one day.

3
events decided
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Emmet Hobbs over Andres Rodriguez
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3David Epstein5.715.95
4×4Riley Dexter28.5730.23
PyraminxEmmet Hobbs2.052.33

The PB harvest

43 set · 12 still standing
  • Kyson Lovery — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Joseph La Gamba — Pyraminx single 3.27: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Andy Ma — 4×4 single 34.90: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Ramis Ahmer Siddiqui — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Kyson Lovery — 4×4 single 46.75: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • Ray Zhang — Pyraminx single 7.55: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
  • Joseph La Gamba — 4×4 single 1:06.66: into the top 43.6% of the event's history.
  • Ashton Ma — 3×3 single 35.22: into the top 70.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

59 competitors · 241 results · 3 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. David Epstein won it with a 5.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.