Competitions · Australia

Melbourne Cube Days 2017

Melbourne, Victoria · 18 November 2017 · 11 events · 114 competitors · 166 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jayden McNeill by 0.00 seconds. 114 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 5×5 average world record: 43.21.

Six wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, Jayden McNeill over Cameron Stollery

166

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.84	7.00
2×2	Jayden McNeill	1.65	2.03
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	20.24	27.60
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	42.02	43.21
6×6	Feliks Zemdegs	1:25.27	1:31.68
7×7	Feliks Zemdegs	2:11.83	2:18.92
3×3 blindfolded	Tomoya Firman	25.92	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	10.95	11.69
4×4 blindfolded	Tomoya Firman	3:15.45	—
5×5 blindfolded	Jack Cai	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tomoya Firman	12 of 16 cubes · 45:55	—

The PB harvest

166 set · 33 still standing

James Shearwood — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
George Pelham — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Logan Liao — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Jack O'Mahony — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Luke Snell — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Thomas Bradshaw — 3×3 one-handed single 16.08: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Logan Liao — 3×3 single 11.29: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Ethan Vellu — 3×3 single 11.48: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

114 competitors · 546 results · 11 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 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.