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Melbourne Cube Days 2022

Melbourne, Victoria · 12 November 2022 · 12 events · 462 competitors · 280 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.28 seconds. 462 competitors produced 280 personal bests, 89 of which still stand today, and 235 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Riley Newport took a 2×2 single of 10.01 down to 2.21, 78 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.28s
closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Feliks Zemdegs
280
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.166.52
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.271.88
4×4Feliks Zemdegs23.6826.18
5×5Feliks Zemdegs44.7247.75
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:20.671:22.98
7×7Feliks Zemdegs1:57.192:04.45
3×3 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi17.3518.17
3×3 Fewest MovesMatthew Sieredzinski32 moves—
3×3 one-handedRiley Dexter10.0411.45
4×4 blindfoldedLennon Hughes4:58.09—
5×5 blindfoldedSwami Srinivasan16:04.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindSwami Srinivasan21 of 29 cubes · 57:09—

The PB harvest

280 set · 89 still standing
  • Sarina Wang — 3×3 single 7.06: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Melvin Tan — 3×3 single 7.35: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Anton Kraev — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Pratyush B. Ghosh — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Yau Chou — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Dale Waine — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Riley Newport — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Leon Tran — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

235 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

462 competitors · 1504 results · 12 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 6.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

462 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.