Competitions · Australia

Perth Autumn 2018

Perth, Western Australia · 7 April 2018 · 14 events · 77 competitors · 109 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won seven of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Michael Edmonds by 0.14 seconds. 77 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 7×7 single continental record: 2:05.12.

Seven wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.14s

closest final — Skewb, Michael Edmonds over Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.65	6.10
2×2	Feliks Zemdegs	1.40	2.09
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	21.26	26.70
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	44.63	48.38
6×6	Feliks Zemdegs	1:26.99	1:29.25
7×7	Feliks Zemdegs	2:05.12	2:12.52
3×3 blindfolded	Tomoya Firman	21.92	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	10.14	12.09
Pyraminx	Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)	3.74	4.68
Skewb	Michael Edmonds	5.03	5.42
Square-1	Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)	12.74	14.35
4×4 blindfolded	Tomoya Firman	2:36.78	—
5×5 blindfolded	Tomoya Firman	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Tomoya Firman	26 of 33 cubes · 57:57	—

The PB harvest

109 set · 22 still standing

Feliks Zemdegs — Pyraminx single 2.27: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Alvaro Haidar Ersha — Pyraminx single 2.57: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Alevio Hamizan Ersha — Pyraminx single 3.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Nicholas Johnson — 3×3 single 11.41: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Timothy Armstrong — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
William Gan Wei Ren (颜伟仁) — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 10 of 11 cubes · 51:23: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
Xavier Harrison — Skewb single 5.78: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
Nicholas Johnson — 2×2 single 4.55: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

77 competitors · 473 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 6.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.