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Hobart Summer 2018

Hobart, Tasmania · 27 January 2018 · 8 events · 53 competitors · 46 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Emmet Hobbs by 0.00 seconds. 53 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 3×3 single world record: 4.59.

Five wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — Pyraminx, Emmet Hobbs over Carl La Hood
46
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.096.70
2×2Cameron Stollery1.742.16
4×4Feliks Zemdegs21.7127.55
5×5Feliks Zemdegs44.4147.73
3×3 blindfoldedFeliks Zemdegs54.11
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.8811.86
PyraminxEmmet Hobbs2.554.76
SkewbBen Wakelin2.284.62

The PB harvest

46 set · 9 still standing
  • Sam Chaplin — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Sam Chaplin — Pyraminx single 2.84: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Rainie Liu (刘诗雨) — 2×2 single 3.33: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Ming Jin Low — 2×2 single 3.35: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
  • Ming Kim Low — 4×4 single 54.38: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
  • Ming Kim Low — 5×5 single 1:59.76: into the top 49.1% of the event's history.
  • Carl La Hood — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:39.38: into the top 63.3% of the event's history.
  • Ming Kim Low — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:50.33: into the top 65.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 265 results · 8 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 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.