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Competitions · Australia

Perth Summer 2016

Perth, Western Australia · 31 January 2016 · 7 events · 43 competitors · 39 personal bests

Carlos Moreno won three of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Luke Burong by 0.23 seconds. 43 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Syed Faraz Abrar set the 3×3 single national record: 28.84.

Three wins
Carlos Moreno — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.23s
closest final — 3×3, Luke Burong over Carlos Moreno
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Luke Burong10.5811.33
2×2Carlos Moreno3.354.25
4×4Carlos Moreno44.1850.57
3×3 blindfoldedJoel Tan2:33.06
3×3 one-handedCarlos Moreno15.5218.77
PyraminxAndrew Lee6.197.00
SkewbMichael Edmonds5.616.41

The PB harvest

39 set · 8 still standing
  • Luke Burong — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Alan Zhao — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Lui — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Lara Pollard — 2×2 single 3.38: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
  • Edward Hollingdale — 2×2 single 3.58: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
  • Louis Comer — 2×2 single 5.90: into the top 49.8% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Lui — 3×3 one-handed single 39.58: into the top 64.7% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Johnson — Pyraminx single 29.66: into the top 98.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 233 results · 7 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. Luke Burong won it with a 11.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.