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Melbourne Summer 2021

Melbourne, Victoria · 23 January 2021 · 17 events · 206 competitors · 281 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won seven of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Gurnett by 0.23 seconds. 206 competitors produced 281 personal bests, 80 of which still stand today, and 106 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Oliver Hoy set the Clock single continental record: 4.39.

Seven wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Will Gurnett over Andy Gong
281
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.116.14
2×2Will Gurnett1.892.05
4×4Feliks Zemdegs21.5924.14
5×5Feliks Zemdegs43.5946.38
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:19.921:31.99
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:00.942:07.42
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai21.29—
3×3 Fewest MovesJack Love24 moves25.00
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.8410.46
ClockOliver Hoy4.395.10
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs39.4741.74
PyraminxJunqi Feng (冯骏骐)1.782.56
SkewbRiley Dexter2.583.68
Square-1David Epstein5.247.39
4×4 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi2:31.33—
5×5 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi——
3×3 Multi-BlindMichael Tripodi28 of 34 cubes · 58:04—

The PB harvest

281 set · 80 still standing
  • Andy Gong — Pyraminx single 1.74: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
  • Anton Kraev — Pyraminx single 2.11: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Max Bradley-McFawn — Pyraminx single 2.31: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Feliks Zemdegs — Skewb single 2.20: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Ben Wakelin — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Hoy — Clock single 4.39: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Sieredzinski — Skewb single 2.68: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian Outh-Aut — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

106 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

206 competitors · 1583 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 6.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

206 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.