Competitions · Australia

The Big Cube Melbourne 2024

Melbourne, Victoria · 20 July 2024 · 4 events · 108 competitors · 90 personal bests

Phoenix Patterson won the 3×3 with a 7.41 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Roman Rudakov by 0.08 seconds. 108 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zachary Bridgeman took a 2×2 single of 27.32 down to 6.93, 75 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Roman Rudakov over Jacob Joshi

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phoenix Patterson	6.10	7.41
2×2	Roman Rudakov	1.20	1.56
4×4	Divnoor Bajwa	31.26	34.82
Clock	Alex Butera	3.46	5.39

The PB harvest

90 set · 25 still standing

Lochitha Subasinghe — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Aldrich Ang — 2×2 single 1.88: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Suan Jo — 3×3 single 11.23: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
James Blackwell — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Sina Sadri (سینا صدری) — 3×3 single 12.94: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Mikael Chihyeon Won — 3×3 single 13.51: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Vivaan Degaonkar — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Joseph Chen — 2×2 single 3.77: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

108 competitors · 425 results · 4 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. Phoenix Patterson won it with a 7.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

108 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.