Competitions · Australia

WCA World Championship 2019

Melbourne, Victoria · 11 July 2019 · 18 events · 833 competitors · 1049 personal bests

Max Park won five of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Philipp Weyer by 0.04 seconds. 833 competitors produced 1049 personal bests, 345 of which still stand today.

The moment

A world record

Stanley Chapel set the 5×5 blindfolded single world record: 2:38.77.

Five wins

Max Park — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Philipp Weyer over Sean Patrick Villanueva

1049

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Philipp Weyer	5.97	6.74
2×2	Jiazhou Li (李佳洲)	1.34	1.49
4×4	Max Park	19.08	21.58
5×5	Max Park	40.79	41.43
6×6	Max Park	1:17.49	1:20.40
7×7	Max Park	1:44.02	1:50.10
3×3 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	18.44	20.81
3×3 Fewest Moves	Chris Chi	24 moves	25.33
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	9.69	10.48
Clock	Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)	4.42	4.73
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	28.20	33.81
Pyraminx	Tymon Kolasiński	1.98	2.40
Skewb	Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)	2.38	3.00
Square-1	Aiden Bartlett	6.82	7.60
4×4 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:08.07	1:21.81
5×5 blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	2:38.77	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Graham Siggins	51 of 54 cubes · 59:06	—
3×3 with feet	Lim Hung (林弘)	17.10	23.29

The PB harvest

1049 set · 345 still standing

Andrew Huang — Skewb single 0.93: into the top 0.023% of the event's history.
Nicholas Fogo — Skewb single 1.14: into the top 0.1% of the event's history.
Adam Chodyniecki — Skewb single 1.17: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Lim Hung (林弘) — Skewb single 1.22: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
Ben Wakelin — Skewb single 1.23: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Sebastian Outh-Aut — Skewb single 1.24: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Victor Colin — Skewb single 1.26: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Andrew Pines — Skewb single 1.28: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.

First-timers

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Records watch

94 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

833 competitors · 6113 results · 18 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. Philipp Weyer won it with a 6.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

833 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.