My first cube competition in Australia was a lot of fun! With around 40 competitors, it was around half the size of Princeton's competitions, but it was still pretty big! And I was the only one from the United States!
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Shortly after arrival and registration. |
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At the scrambling table, practicing 3x3 speed-solve before the competition began. |
I spent most of my time scrambling and judging for the competition, but I
still got to meet lots of others during the competition. This includes
some world record holders!
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It's Feliks Zemdegs! He is the current world record holder for the 3x3 single (5.66) and average (7.64)! Amazing! |
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And Zane Carney! He solved 23 out of 25 cubes blindfolded, a world record! Australia has some really awesome cubers! |
I told Feliks's father that I came all the way from California to watch
his son. Needless to say, he didn't believe me. I am really glad that I
got a chance to watch Felik's solves up close. I even got to judge some
of them, which meant standing right next to him as he did his solves.
And all the other people (competitors and spectators) would form a big
crowd in front of him during each of his solves, so we all were very
excited.
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One of my official solves during the competition. If only I was as fast as Feliks! |
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Somehow I managed to win 3rd place at the Rubik's Magic event! |
The competition went from 9:30am to 6:00pm. What a long day! It was certainly a lot of fun, but actually, the day wasn't over yet!
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Dinner afterwards at the Melbourne Central food court to celebrate! |
(A lot of images from the competitions were taken from
Luke Clarke's album. Thank you Luke for being our official photographer!)
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