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Odd Day in Sydney 2018

Sydney, New South Wales · 11 November 2018 · 6 events · 150 competitors · 117 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.11 seconds. 150 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel McDonald took a 3×3 one-handed single of 47.52 down to 24.11, 49 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Feliks Zemdegs over Vincent Wong
117
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.986.31
5×5Feliks Zemdegs42.9243.28
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:07.082:12.56
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai20.22—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.9110.97
5×5 blindfoldedJack Cai12:46.00—

The PB harvest

117 set · 33 still standing
  • Vincent Wong — 3×3 one-handed single 9.19: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
  • William Tao — 3×3 blindfolded single 26.34: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Kumulia — 3×3 single 8.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Will Rankin — 3×3 single 9.85: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Lachlan Plew — 3×3 single 10.71: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Ashwin Rajesh — 3×3 single 11.05: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Andrew Pines — 3×3 single 11.10: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Lachlan Plew — 3×3 one-handed single 17.58: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

150 competitors · 437 results · 6 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 6.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

150 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.