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Malaysia Cube Open 2017

Bangi · 14 October 2017 · 18 events · 300 competitors · 465 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won ten of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.23 seconds. 300 competitors produced 465 personal bests, 142 of which still stand today, and 108 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 3×3 one-handed average world record: 10.21.

Ten wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, 4×4 blindfolded
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Feliks Zemdegs over Isaac Wong Chang Man
465
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.296.55
2×2Feliks Zemdegs1.472.47
4×4Feliks Zemdegs23.1627.48
5×5Feliks Zemdegs44.4245.64
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:30.691:48.89
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:11.372:16.75
3×3 blindfoldedFeliks Zemdegs1:01.73—
3×3 Fewest MovesWong Chong Wen (黄崇文)25 moves—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.0110.21
ClockManfred Siew Ee Sheng (蕭奕晟)7.277.99
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs41.6744.81
PyraminxMuhammad Razin Bin Roslan3.904.57
SkewbLuqman Hakim Bin Hairil Azli3.584.40
Square-1Firstian Fushada (符逢城)9.0711.49
4×4 blindfoldedFeliks Zemdegs6:11.98—
5×5 blindfoldedWilliam Gan Wei Ren (颜伟仁)29:05.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindWong Chong Wen (黄崇文)9 of 11 cubes · 58:34—
3×3 with feetKaemen Te Dengjian46.9653.34

The PB harvest

465 set · 142 still standing
  • Muhammad Kamal Ariffin Bin Gazali — Skewb single 2.27: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Arrian Samsul — Skewb single 3.87: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Sean Teh Jingshan — Skewb single 3.95: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Yim Qi Ming — Skewb single 4.06: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Arrian Samsul — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Lincoln Lim Ken Yang — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
  • Danish Farhan — Skewb single 4.60: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
  • Amir Afiq — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

108 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

28 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

300 competitors · 1447 results · 18 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 6.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

300 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.