Competitions · Australia
Puzzling Pakenham 2019
Melbourne, Victoria · 26 October 2019 · 6 events · 55 competitors · 74 personal bests
Tommy Kiprillis won three of the six events (3×3, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Tommy Kiprillis by 0.29 seconds. 55 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Noah Horsley took a Skewb single of 10.76 down to 6.08, 43 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Tommy Kiprillis | 7.26 | 8.42 |
| 2×2 | Andy Gong | 1.18 | 1.66 |
| 4×4 | Andy Gong | 30.02 | 35.20 |
| Pyraminx | Ethan Stevens | 2.43 | 2.78 |
| Skewb | Tommy Kiprillis | 2.83 | 3.73 |
| Square-1 | Tommy Kiprillis | 7.90 | 9.27 |
The PB harvest
74 set · 24 still standing- Patrick Game — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
- Jimmy Chen — 3×3 single 11.47: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
- Emma Nguyen — Skewb single 4.60: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
- Jacob Ng — 3×3 single 14.48: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
- Patrick Game — 4×4 single 48.95: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
- Patricia Tedja — 2×2 single 3.85: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
- Noah Horsley — Skewb single 6.08: into the top 26.3% of the event's history.
- Hudson Miller Rolls — Pyraminx single 6.88: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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
55 competitors · 327 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. Tommy Kiprillis won it with a 8.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 B R' B2 D2 L2 F' D L' U' L2 D2 R2 F2 L2 F2 L U2 L' D2 B2 - 2
R2 U' R2 U B2 D2 U F2 U' R D2 F U' B U2 F2 L' B2 R B' - 3
F2 D2 L2 D' F D B U2 L U' R2 L2 B2 R2 D L2 F2 U R2 B2 - 4
D2 R2 D2 B' L2 U2 B F R' F D' R F' D2 B' L B' R D' - 5
U L2 D F2 L2 R2 D R2 U' R' B' R U' R F2 L' U2 F' L' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
55 competitors- Akshith Kiruthiga Ilango
- Alan Ma
- Andy Gong
- Anonymous
- Ben Wakelin
- Chi Keen Low
- David Edwards
- David Epstein
- Dylan Jones
- Emma Nguyen
- Emmet Hobbs
- Ethan Pride
- Ethan Stevens
- Evan Sebastian Widjaja
- Gus Morrison
- Hannah Goodman
- Harry Niewand
- Hudson Miller Rolls
- Jack Cai
- Jacob McGruddy
- Jacob Ng
- Jimmy Chen
- Joe Labas
- Johnathan Starkey
- Jonathan Dexter
- Judd Walhout
- Juno Niewand
- Kerrie Jarman
- Lachlan Pritchard
- Lennon Hughes
- Max Bradley-McFawn
- Myles Jarman
- Nicholas Tan
- Noah Horsley
- Patricia Tedja
- Patrick Game
- Patrick Kleverlaan
- Phoenix Patterson
- Qi Qu (曲祺)
- Riley Dexter
- Ryan Griffiths
- Sam Clift
- Sebastian Outh-Aut
- Sebastian Politis
- Sebastian Robbins
- Swami Srinivasan
- Tiana Baba
- Tim Niewand
- Timothy Baker
- Tom Noble
- Tommy Kiprillis
- Wesley Allen
- William Herring
- Zach Amiridis
- Zacheriah L. Huynh
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.