Competitions · Australia

POPS Open 2016

Melbourne, Victoria · 11 December 2016 · 6 events · 95 competitors · 130 personal bests

Jayden McNeill won two of the six events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mats Valk by 0.14 seconds. 95 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 3×3 single world record: 4.73.

Two wins

Jayden McNeill — 2×2, Skewb

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Mats Valk over Feliks Zemdegs

130

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	6.01	6.83
2×2	Jayden McNeill	1.61	2.07
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	26.37	29.03
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	10.90	12.13
Pyraminx	James Shearwood	2.98	3.76
Skewb	Jayden McNeill	2.99	4.14

The PB harvest

130 set · 42 still standing

Alex Chen — 3×3 one-handed single 11.19: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Anonymous — 3×3 single 10.46: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Josh Burn — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Jeremy McKeown — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Hien Nguyen — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Hamish Monckton — Skewb single 4.63: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Lachlan O'Gorman — Pyraminx single 5.38: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Hamish Monckton — 4×4 single 42.99: into the top 15.7% 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

95 competitors · 451 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. Mats Valk won it with a 6.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.