Competitions · Australia

Spark Melbourne February 2025

Melbourne, Victoria · 22 February 2025 · 7 events · 126 competitors · 162 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won two of the seven events (4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by David Epstein by 0.06 seconds. 126 competitors produced 162 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sam De Waal took a Pyraminx single of 11.44 down to 4.37, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 4×4, Megaminx

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, David Epstein over Riley Dexter

162

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Epstein	5.68	6.63
2×2	Riley Dexter	1.14	1.58
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	21.05	22.27
3×3 blindfolded	Tam Quan	22.34	—
Clock	Zayd Chaudhry	3.04	4.00
Megaminx	Feliks Zemdegs	34.25	38.10
Pyraminx	Ziqi Ding	1.49	2.45

The PB harvest

162 set · 55 still standing

Jeff Xu — 2×2 single 1.21: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Oliver Drew — Pyraminx single 2.62: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Auric Cui — Clock single 4.33: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Harry Forbes — Clock single 4.93: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Nigel Chia — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Deng — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Jeff Xu — Clock single 5.90: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Caleb Williams — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

126 competitors · 834 results · 7 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. David Epstein won it with a 6.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

126 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.