Competitions · Australia

Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024

Melbourne, Victoria · 6 October 2024 · 3 events · 97 competitors · 70 personal bests

David Epstein won two of the three events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ziqi Ding by 0.19 seconds. 97 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Blake Bennett took a Pyraminx single of 19.67 down to 8.32, 58 percent better in one day.

Two wins

David Epstein — 3×3, 4×4

0.19s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ziqi Ding over Emmet Hobbs

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Epstein	5.88	6.03
4×4	David Epstein	27.55	28.89
Pyraminx	Ziqi Ding	1.60	2.21

The PB harvest

70 set · 26 still standing

Lennon Hughes — 3×3 single 5.54: into the top 0.26% of the event's history.
Jaime Fernandes — 3×3 single 6.55: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Ted Barker — 3×3 single 7.20: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Ben Wakelin — 3×3 single 7.33: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Chaeyoung Kim — 3×3 single 7.68: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Peter Au — Pyraminx single 2.93: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Ritvik Chugh — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Timothy Von Der Putten — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

97 competitors · 355 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. David Epstein won it with a 6.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.