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Competitions · Australia

St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023

Melbourne, Victoria · 20 May 2023 · 2 events · 85 competitors · 40 personal bests

Nguyễn Khang Minh won the 3×3 with a 8.09 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Emmet Hobbs by 0.15 seconds. 85 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Oishik Ghosh took a 3×3 single of 22.26 down to 10.31, 54 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
0.15s
closest final — Pyraminx, Emmet Hobbs over Takahiro Aoki (青木尊弘)
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Nguyễn Khang Minh6.468.09
PyraminxEmmet Hobbs2.122.89

The PB harvest

40 set · 18 still standing
  • Liam Sawbridge — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Timothy Symons — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Mihin Kaluarachchi — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Oishik Ghosh — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Yunzhong Qin — Pyraminx single 6.28: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
  • Giacomo Barbieri — 3×3 single 18.64: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.
  • Mira Keleher — 3×3 single 20.13: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
  • Daniele Mancini — Pyraminx single 8.83: into the top 43.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

85 competitors · 280 results · 2 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. Nguyễn Khang Minh won it with a 8.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.