Competitions · Australia
Solving in Sale 2019
Sale, Victoria · 13 April 2019 · 13 events · 43 competitors · 60 personal bests
Will Gurnett won six of the 13 events (2×2, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Gurnett by 0.15 seconds. 43 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Wesley Allen took a Megaminx single of 3:13.80 down to 1:51.04, 43 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Riley Dexter | 6.73 | 8.35 |
| 2×2 | Will Gurnett | 2.06 | 2.18 |
| 4×4 | Andy Gong | 31.60 | 34.21 |
| 5×5 | Andy Gong | 1:07.77 | 1:11.56 |
| 6×6 | Will Gurnett | 2:05.89 | 2:12.71 |
| 7×7 | Andy Gong | 3:15.95 | 3:23.91 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Jack Cai | 19.52 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Will Gurnett | 14.21 | 16.03 |
| Megaminx | Will Gurnett | 52.14 | 54.95 |
| Pyraminx | Emmet Hobbs | 2.12 | 3.05 |
| Skewb | Will Gurnett | 3.81 | 4.20 |
| Square-1 | Will Gurnett | 7.36 | 11.35 |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Zeshaan Khokhar | 22 of 30 cubes · 57:18 | — |
The PB harvest
60 set · 7 still standing- Will Gurnett — 3×3 single 6.18: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
- Will Gurnett — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
- Will Gurnett — Square-1 single 7.36: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Will Gurnett — 6×6 single 2:05.89: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
- Darcy Hawkins — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
- Darcy Hawkins — 3×3 single 16.66: into the top 29.9% of the event's history.
- Jack Cai — 7×7 single 7:25.35: into the top 83.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
15 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
43 competitors · 357 results · 13 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. Riley Dexter won it with a 8.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F B2 R' U D2 F' R2 L' D L' F2 U D2 B2 D2 B2 D' L2 B2 U' F2 - 2
B2 F2 R2 U' R2 U2 B2 D' B2 U' F2 L' D' U2 L' F' D2 L D L2 U' - 3
F2 U2 F2 D F2 U R2 D U F2 U' L U2 B2 U2 B' D2 R' D B2 D2 - 4
U F2 B' D F2 L U2 L' F L U2 B2 L2 U2 D L2 D2 R2 L2 B2 - 5
B' D2 R2 F' D2 R2 B' U2 L2 D2 B2 R' U R' B' L' U' B' R2 F2 R'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
43 competitors- Andy Gong
- Austin Allen
- Calven Lipec
- Christopher Beckman
- Cooper Beckman
- Darcy Hawkins
- Dave Watson
- David Edwards
- Elise Watson
- Emmet Hobbs
- Ethan Pride
- Grace Hobbs
- Harry Niewand
- Jack Cai
- Jacob Godde
- John McGill
- Jonathan Dexter
- Juno Niewand
- Justin McGill
- Kalya Beckman
- Keaton Dunn
- Lachlan O'Gorman
- Marcus Walton
- Maximilian Outh-Aut
- Michelle Watson
- Nicholas Prowse
- Oliver Telfer
- Oscar Watson
- Patrick Kleverlaan
- Phoenix Patterson
- Raghav Paranjape
- Riley Dexter
- Riley Nicholas
- Riley Van Gunst
- Sam Clift
- Sebastian Outh-Aut
- Sebastian Robbins
- Tash Coleman
- Tim Handmer
- Tim Niewand
- Wesley Allen
- Will Gurnett
- Zeshaan Khokhar
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.