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Competitions · Australia

Melbourne Winter 2018

Melbourne, Victoria · 2 June 2018 · 14 events · 124 competitors · 193 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won six of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ethan Stevens by 0.39 seconds. 124 competitors produced 193 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jack Cai set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 19.78.

Six wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.39s
closest final — Pyraminx, Ethan Stevens over David Pearce
193
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.926.69
2×2Cameron Stollery1.672.19
4×4Feliks Zemdegs21.6625.02
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:33.671:37.45
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:13.782:19.97
3×3 blindfoldedTomoya Firman23.20—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.8111.37
ClockJayden McNeill8.309.57
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs38.8744.01
PyraminxEthan Stevens2.803.64
Square-1Jayden McNeill8.529.54
4×4 blindfoldedTomoya Firman2:04.34—
5×5 blindfoldedTomoya Firman6:22.61—
3×3 Multi-BlindTong Zhu (朱彤)6 of 7 cubes · 35:42—

The PB harvest

193 set · 50 still standing
  • Tommy Kiprillis — 2×2 single 0.62: into the top 0.052% of the event's history.
  • Jayden McNeill — 2×2 single 0.69: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Driscoll — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
  • Wesley Allen — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Driscoll — 4×4 single 27.56: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • James Shearwood — Pyraminx single 2.73: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Phoenix Pham — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Jake Invaso — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

124 competitors · 771 results · 14 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 6.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

124 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.