Competitions · Australia

Sydney Summer 2015

Sydney, New South Wales · 19 December 2015 · 6 events · 115 competitors · 95 personal bests

Jayden McNeill won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jayden McNeill by 0.04 seconds. 115 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 53 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ben Wakelin took a Skewb single of 19.06 down to 7.20, 62 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Jayden McNeill — 3×3, 2×2, Skewb

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Jayden McNeill over Feliks Zemdegs

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jayden McNeill	7.87	8.51
2×2	Jayden McNeill	1.51	1.77
4×4	Feliks Zemdegs	27.12	29.22
3×3 blindfolded	Feliks Zemdegs	1:06.88	—
3×3 one-handed	Feliks Zemdegs	11.13	13.20
Skewb	Jayden McNeill	2.95	3.82

The PB harvest

95 set · 25 still standing

Shangjie Zhou (周上杰) — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Shangjie Zhou (周上杰) — 4×4 single 42.24: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Shangjie Zhou (周上杰) — 3×3 one-handed single 18.53: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Michael Hoang — 3×3 single 13.86: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Anthony Gong — 3×3 single 13.93: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
Michael Hoang — 2×2 single 3.58: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
Alex Wozga — 2×2 single 3.87: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
Paul Dyer — 3×3 single 16.43: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

53 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

115 competitors · 416 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 8.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.