Competitions · Australia

Kensington May Saturday 2024

Melbourne, Victoria · 11 May 2024 · 3 events · 102 competitors · 54 personal bests

David Epstein won the 3×3 with a 6.81 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by David Epstein by 0.06 seconds. 102 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ted Barker took a Pyraminx single of 9.33 down to 3.95, 58 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, David Epstein over Feliks Zemdegs

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Epstein	6.35	6.81
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	43.90	45.73
Pyraminx	Ziqi Ding	1.81	2.23

The PB harvest

54 set · 25 still standing

Nam Nguyen — 3×3 single 5.06: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
Brian Allen — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Zhenwei Su (苏振威) — Pyraminx single 3.18: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Regis Tinaye Kwari — 3×3 single 9.35: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ted Barker — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
James Schwarz — 3×3 single 10.15: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Lachlan Ho — 3×3 single 11.31: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Ishaan Shetty — 3×3 single 11.60: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

102 competitors · 303 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 6.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.