Competitions · Australia

Melbourne Summer 2019

Melbourne, Victoria · 26 January 2019 · 17 events · 125 competitors · 215 personal bests

Tommy Kiprillis won six of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Gurnett by 0.06 seconds. 125 competitors produced 215 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jonathan Charlesworth set the Skewb single continental record: 1.34.

Six wins

Tommy Kiprillis — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Will Gurnett over Cameron Stollery

215

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tommy Kiprillis	7.84	8.46
2×2	Will Gurnett	1.52	1.96
4×4	Tommy Kiprillis	31.89	33.87
5×5	Ryan Driscoll	52.25	59.21
6×6	Ryan Driscoll	1:37.38	1:44.53
7×7	Ryan Driscoll	2:38.68	2:45.06
3×3 blindfolded	Jack Cai	18.98	32.96
3×3 Fewest Moves	Tommy Kiprillis	25 moves	28.00
3×3 one-handed	Tommy Kiprillis	12.48	13.97
Clock	Myles Jarman	7.74	9.33
Megaminx	Will Gurnett	51.04	56.48
Pyraminx	Ethan Stevens	2.50	3.30
Skewb	Tommy Kiprillis	3.77	4.10
Square-1	Tommy Kiprillis	7.17	9.96
4×4 blindfolded	Tomoya Firman	1:37.55	—
5×5 blindfolded	Lennon Hughes	28:41.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jack Cai	19 of 21 cubes · 59:28	—

The PB harvest

215 set · 42 still standing

Tomoya Firman — 4×4 blindfolded single 1:37.55: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
David Pearce — 3×3 one-handed single 11.10: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Sean Tran — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
James Shearwood — 3×3 single 9.84: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Calven Lipec — 4×4 single 35.86: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Ryan Glennon — 2×2 single 2.78: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Ramesh Vidyasagar — Pyraminx single 4.81: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Casper Appelberg — Pyraminx single 4.88: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

125 competitors · 1236 results · 17 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. Tommy Kiprillis won it with a 8.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

125 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.