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Solving in Sale 2023

Sale, Victoria · 15 April 2023 · 11 events · 73 competitors · 120 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the eleven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.14 seconds. 73 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Emmet Hobbs set the Pyraminx single continental record: 1.07.

Five wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.14s
closest final — 2×2, Feliks Zemdegs over Richard Yiheng Tao
120
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Riley Dexter5.856.40
2×2Feliks Zemdegs1.532.17
4×4Feliks Zemdegs22.3024.79
5×5Feliks Zemdegs43.7247.21
3×3 blindfoldedTam Quan19.32—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs9.0210.72
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs38.9243.13
PyraminxRiley Dexter1.572.11
SkewbRiley Dexter2.953.70
Square-1David Epstein5.846.49
3×3 Multi-BlindTam Quan21 of 26 cubes · 56:44—

The PB harvest

120 set · 44 still standing
  • Emmet Hobbs — Pyraminx single 1.07: into the top 0.064% of the event's history.
  • Riley Dexter — Pyraminx single 1.11: into the top 0.088% of the event's history.
  • Zayd Chaudhry — Pyraminx single 1.12: into the top 0.094% of the event's history.
  • Richard Yiheng Tao — Pyraminx single 1.15: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
  • David Epstein — Pyraminx single 1.88: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
  • McEwan Barton-Johnson — Pyraminx single 1.98: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Ting Sheng Bao Yang — Pyraminx single 2.00: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Myles Jarman — Pyraminx single 2.16: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 714 results · 11 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 6.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.