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Competitions · Australia

Adelaide Autumn 2026

Adelaide, South Australia · 12 April 2026 · 5 events · 58 competitors · 43 personal bests

Tess Karon won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Tess Karon by 0.23 seconds. 58 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Levi Trapp took a 3×3 single of 40.82 down to 18.23, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Tess Karon — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.23s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Tess Karon over Adrian Oon
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tess Karon6.877.63
4×4Adrian Oon31.2434.86
3×3 one-handedTess Karon11.6515.43
PyraminxChelsea Watts3.954.23
Square-1Jeffers Chan8.4314.93

The PB harvest

43 set · 32 still standing
  • Nathan Nairn — Pyraminx single 1.79: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
  • Rafael Chowindra — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Adam Schmidt — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Michael Giang — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Felix Williams — 4×4 single 37.17: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Michael Giang — 3×3 single 10.89: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Rafael Chowindra — 3×3 one-handed single 16.06: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Ashleigh Elletson — Pyraminx single 5.66: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

58 competitors · 239 results · 5 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. Tess Karon won it with a 7.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.