Competitions · Australia

Kensington Summer Sunday 2023

Melbourne, Victoria · 12 February 2023 · 2 events · 98 competitors · 69 personal bests

Phoenix Patterson won two of the two events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.68 seconds. 98 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lukas Nguyen took a 2×2 single of 4.16 down to 0.58, 86 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Phoenix Patterson — 3×3, 2×2

0.68s

closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Lochitha Subasinghe

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phoenix Patterson	6.27	7.86
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.17	2.12

The PB harvest

69 set · 32 still standing

Lukas Nguyen — 2×2 single 0.58: into the top 0.031% of the event's history.
Lionel Wang — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Theodore Rudakov — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Ethan Pride — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
William Gedicke — 2×2 single 1.15: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Amir Allouche — 2×2 single 1.18: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
McEwan Barton-Johnson — 3×3 single 8.11: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Devon Lee — 3×3 single 8.57: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

98 competitors · 328 results · 2 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. Phoenix Patterson won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.