Competitions · Australia
Kooyong Clock Clash 2025
Melbourne, Victoria · 16 August 2025 · 10 events · 40 competitors · 76 personal bests
Feliks Zemdegs won three of the ten events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 7×7, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.13 seconds. 40 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Harry Forbes took a 5×5 blindfolded single of 47:00.00 down to 19:26.00, 59 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | Feliks Zemdegs | 39.40 | 42.60 |
| 6×6 | Feliks Zemdegs | 1:17.71 | 1:20.43 |
| 7×7 | Feliks Zemdegs | 1:54.90 | 2:06.03 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Michael Tripodi | 21.92 | — |
| Clock | Alex Butera | 3.12 | 3.74 |
| Megaminx | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 29.32 | 32.97 |
| Square-1 | David Epstein | 4.76 | 5.42 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 3:22.97 | 3:51.17 |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Swami Srinivasan | 13:33.00 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Michael Tripodi | 35 of 41 cubes · 58:41 | — |
The PB harvest
76 set · 18 still standing- Firstian Fushada (符逢城) — Megaminx single 29.32: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
- Nicholas Mouratidis — Megaminx single 33.90: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
- Nicholas Mouratidis — Clock single 3.09: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
- David Epstein — 7×7 single 2:06.00: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
- David Epstein — Megaminx single 38.31: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
- Noah Przychodzen — Square-1 single 6.64: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
- Darby Lee — Clock single 4.98: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
- Jeff Xu — 5×5 single 1:02.18: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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
40 competitors · 409 results · 10 events.
Everyone who competed
40 competitors- Aiki Yaginuma (柳沼愛輝)
- Alex Butera
- Andrew Dinh
- Andy Gong
- Auric Cui
- Darby Lee
- Darcy Way
- David Edwards
- David Epstein
- Emmet Hobbs
- Feliks Zemdegs
- Firstian Fushada (符逢城)
- Gemma Tolhurst
- Hallel Ben-Meir
- Harry Forbes
- Henry Tran
- Jacob Joshi
- Jeff Xu
- Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)
- Keaton Ellis
- Lennon Hughes
- Lucas Dinh
- Marcus Lai (賴卓希)
- Maxwell Dorset
- Michael Tripodi
- Myles Jarman
- Nicholas Allen Crow
- Nicholas Mouratidis
- Noah Przychodzen
- Oliver Drew
- Oscar Niizeki
- Peter Au
- Phoenix Patterson
- Roman Rudakov
- Swami Srinivasan
- Tam Quan
- Tom Noble
- Tommy Kiprillis
- Veer Liu Dogra
- Zayd Chaudhry
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.