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Melbourne Cube Days 2016

Melbourne, Victoria · 5 November 2016 · 10 events · 93 competitors · 117 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jayden McNeill by 0.02 seconds. 93 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 5×5 single world record: 41.27.

Six wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Jayden McNeill over Feliks Zemdegs
117
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs6.457.06
2×2Jayden McNeill2.112.61
4×4Feliks Zemdegs26.1530.42
5×5Feliks Zemdegs41.2749.33
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:36.071:37.85
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:26.312:30.23
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai31.42—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.1910.97
4×4 blindfoldedNathaniel Khalinsky——
3×3 Multi-BlindJayden McNeill5 of 5 cubes · 17:39—

The PB harvest

117 set · 28 still standing
  • Jet Hunt — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Farbod Khaeiz — 3×3 single 9.19: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Sam Chaplin — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Nathaniel Khalinsky — 3×3 one-handed single 14.42: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Anonymous — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Nathaniel Khalinsky — 4×4 single 42.09: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Zolie Courtney — 3×3 single 12.35: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Jack Parkinson-Bates — 2×2 single 3.44: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 528 results · 10 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 7.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.