Competitions · Australia

Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026

Melbourne, Victoria · 27 September 2026 · 3 events · 86 competitors · 43 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won the 3×3 with a 7.14 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Emmet Hobbs by 0.02 seconds. 86 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ander Adil Beck took a 2×2 single of 17.53 down to 6.16, 65 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Emmet Hobbs over Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.42	7.14
2×2	Roman Rudakov	0.72	1.21
Pyraminx	Emmet Hobbs	1.70	2.32

The PB harvest

43 set · 40 still standing

Sebastian Outh-Aut — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Theo Hughes — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Theo Hughes — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Josh Gereg — 3×3 single 9.31: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Jonah Asher Preiss Walker — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Hickey — 3×3 single 10.50: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
William Jarvis — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Jonah Asher Preiss Walker — 3×3 single 10.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

86 competitors · 328 results · 3 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 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.