Brilliant Ballarat 2026


Date
May 30 - 31, 2026
City
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Venue

St Patrick's Cathedral Hall

Address
3 Lyons St S
Details

Cathedral Hall

Contact

Speedcubing Australia

Organizers
Nicholas Eppingstall and Speedcubing Australia
WCA Delegates
Lennon Hughes, Myles Jarman, Nguyễn Khang Minh, and Nicholas Eppingstall
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Speedcubing Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of this land, the Wathaurong people, and pays respect to the elders, past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal Australia.

Events
Main event
Competitors
68
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $38 (Australian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Payment:

Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Registration Pending: Brilliant Ballarat 2026”. This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until payment has been made.

Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the $38 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.

Waiting List:

  • Once the competitor limit of 120 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
  • You must pay the $38 registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
  • New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
  • Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if existing competitors withdraw.
  • All competitors still on the waiting list after Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM AEST will be removed and provided with a full refund.
  • You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.

Deleting Registration/Refunds:

  • If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund.
  • To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM AEST.
  • Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.

You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM AEST. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Highlights
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Feliks Zemdegs won with an average of 6.48 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Phoenix Patterson finished second (7.43) and Firstian Fushada (符逢城) finished third (7.57).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Feliks Zemdegs 5.79 6.48 Australia 6.336.987.666.145.79
2 Phoenix Patterson 6.33 7.43 Australia 10.146.807.577.936.33
3 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 7.09 7.57 Indonesia 7.967.168.927.097.59

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Roman Rudakov 0.98 1.28 Australia 1.371.401.061.480.98
2 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 1.45 1.62 Indonesia 3.381.571.451.581.71
3 Jacob Joshi 1.32 1.74 Australia 1.321.691.622.481.92

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Feliks Zemdegs 20.58 23.38 Australia 20.9320.5823.1626.0526.90
2 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 24.40 28.22 Indonesia 24.4028.5033.2025.8930.26
3 Phoenix Patterson 27.23 29.92 Australia 27.2329.0229.4033.0831.33

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Feliks Zemdegs 40.42 42.36 Australia 41.1050.4243.0942.9040.42
2 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 44.34 47.22 Indonesia 50.7844.3445.7051.1245.18
3 Roman Rudakov 53.25 57.41 Australia 1:02.5459.4356.6553.2556.15

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Michael Tripodi 19.55 23.51 Australia 19.5522.5227.2820.73DNF
2 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 20.21 DNF Indonesia DNF20.21DNF20.9924.42
3 Lennon Hughes 56.66 DNF Australia DNFDNF1:25.7956.66DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Feliks Zemdegs 9.37 10.97 Australia 10.8914.7710.539.3711.50
2 Phoenix Patterson 9.33 11.94 Australia 14.0111.1810.6315.929.33
3 Roman Rudakov 9.73 12.44 Australia 9.7314.5711.3514.4811.48

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 1.44 2.46 Indonesia 5.841.443.482.131.76
2 Phoenix Patterson 1.43 2.75 Australia 2.311.433.794.322.15
3 Jacob Joshi 1.79 3.14 Australia 3.221.793.083.133.87

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Parris 1.99 2.46 Australia 1.993.304.272.042.04
2 Roman Rudakov 2.06 2.64 Australia 2.962.735.212.062.24
3 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 1.66 2.75 Indonesia 2.871.915.261.663.46

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Michael Tripodi 1:56.31 DNF Australia DNF1:56.31DNF
2 Firstian Fushada (符逢城) 2:17.41 DNF Indonesia 2:17.41DNFDNF
3 Lennon Hughes 5:17.30 DNF Australia 5:17.30DNSDNS

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Michael Tripodi 3:38.64 DNF Australia DNF3:38.64DNF
2 Lennon Hughes 16:39.00 DNF Australia 16:39.00DNSDNS
3 Alex Butera 20:31.00 DNF Australia 20:31.00DNFDNS
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