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Competitions · Australia

Warm Up Canberra 2019

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · 3 July 2019 · 6 events · 54 competitors · 28 personal bests

Stanley Chapel won three of the six events (3×3, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Stanley Chapel by 0.20 seconds. 54 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Stanley Chapel set the 5×5 blindfolded average world record: 3:23.92.

Three wins
Stanley Chapel — 3×3, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.20s
closest final — 3×3, Stanley Chapel over Jayden McNeill
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Stanley Chapel6.948.06
3×3 Fewest MovesJayden McNeill24 moves26.33
3×3 one-handedIuri Grangeiro Carvalho10.8011.79
Square-1Chris Chi6.848.84
4×4 blindfoldedStanley Chapel1:10.86
5×5 blindfoldedStanley Chapel3:08.883:23.92

The PB harvest

28 set · 6 still standing
  • Mark Boyanowski — 5×5 blindfolded single 5:33.60: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Aneurin Hunt — Square-1 single 10.45: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Clément Cherblanc — 4×4 blindfolded single 7:00.50: into the top 36.7% of the event's history.
  • Rémy Abbate — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 40 moves: into the top 48.3% of the event's history.
  • Lachlan Malcolm — Square-1 single 35.03: into the top 58.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 237 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. Stanley Chapel won it with a 8.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.