Competitions · Australia

Sydney Spring 2014

Kensington, New South Wales · 23 November 2014 · 6 events · 84 competitors · 65 personal bests

Jayden McNeill won five of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jayden McNeill by 0.51 seconds. 84 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Grant Lian took a 2×2 single of 8.69 down to 3.50, 60 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Jayden McNeill — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.51s

closest final — 3×3, Jayden McNeill over Kirt Protacio

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jayden McNeill	7.53	9.58
2×2	Jayden McNeill	1.68	1.88
4×4	Jayden McNeill	37.78	39.76
3×3 blindfolded	Nathan Seeto	1:50.09	1:56.90
3×3 one-handed	Jayden McNeill	15.13	18.23
Pyraminx	Jayden McNeill	3.71	4.93

The PB harvest

65 set · 17 still standing

Hugo Adams — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jack Wilton-King — 3×3 single 16.31: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
Benjamin Mickan — 3×3 single 17.25: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.
Nathan Seeto — Pyraminx single 7.58: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
Clifford Widjaja — 3×3 single 19.68: into the top 39.0% of the event's history.
Matthew Fulton — 2×2 single 5.38: into the top 44.0% of the event's history.
Joel Ernest — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:35.02: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.
Finn Veeneklaas — 3×3 single 23.09: into the top 48.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

84 competitors · 294 results · 6 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. Jayden McNeill won it with a 9.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.