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Competitions · Australia

Melbourne Summer 2023

Melbourne, Victoria · 20 January 2023 · 17 events · 385 competitors · 515 personal bests

Michael Tripodi won three of the 17 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) by 0.25 seconds. 385 competitors produced 515 personal bests, 200 of which still stand today, and 139 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jayden McNeill set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 20 moves.

Three wins
Michael Tripodi — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.25s
closest final — Pyraminx, Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) over Emmet Hobbs
515
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Riley Dexter5.716.64
2×2Phoenix Patterson1.391.96
4×4Chris Mills26.3328.27
5×5Yibo Wang (王奕博)51.6957.73
6×6Andy Gong1:42.761:50.42
7×7Myles Jarman2:57.853:04.86
3×3 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi20.48—
3×3 Fewest MovesJayden McNeill20 moves24.00
3×3 one-handedYibo Wang (王奕博)9.6210.87
ClockZayd Chaudhry4.045.25
MegaminxChris Mills37.6643.09
PyraminxJunqi Feng (冯骏骐)1.662.13
SkewbEli Panetta2.202.91
Square-1David Epstein5.976.60
4×4 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi1:46.18—
5×5 blindfoldedMichael Tripodi3:57.57—
3×3 Multi-BlindTam Quan22 of 30 cubes · 59:12—

The PB harvest

515 set · 200 still standing
  • David Epstein — Square-1 single 4.31: into the top 0.075% of the event's history.
  • Riley Dexter — Skewb single 1.53: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
  • Jaime Fernandes — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Lochitha Subasinghe — Skewb single 2.94: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Cunmeng Wang — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Noah Walton — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Reynolds — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Niel Harianto — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

139 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

385 competitors · 3175 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. Riley Dexter won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

385 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.