Competitions · Australia

Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021

Sydney, New South Wales · 27 March 2021 · 5 events · 92 competitors · 49 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.07 seconds. 92 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nash Williams took a 3×3 single of 58.29 down to 21.50, 63 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.07s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Feliks Zemdegs over Vincent Wong

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Feliks Zemdegs	5.47	6.06
5×5	Feliks Zemdegs	42.55	44.93
3×3 blindfolded	Nam Anh Dang	27.56	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	8.38	10.32
Skewb	Dylan Johnston	2.48	3.63

The PB harvest

49 set · 17 still standing

Lance Aguilar — Skewb single 2.31: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Lazo Jalal — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Tanay Singh — Skewb single 3.22: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Alex Hirschhorn — Skewb single 3.23: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Matthew Karl Reyes — Skewb single 3.49: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Alex Hirschhorn — 3×3 single 10.96: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Loic Chiang — Skewb single 3.95: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
William Nadalini — 3×3 single 12.91: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

92 competitors · 307 results · 5 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 6.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.