Competitions · Australia
Albany Summer Solving 2024
Albany, Western Australia · 27 January 2024 · 6 events · 43 competitors · 46 personal bests
Jonathan Charlesworth won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jonathan Charlesworth by 0.30 seconds. 43 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Evan Dumergue took a Clock single of 31.95 down to 17.30, 46 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Jonathan Charlesworth | 7.24 | 8.16 |
| 2×2 | Jay Calter | 2.50 | 2.60 |
| 4×4 | Jonathan Charlesworth | 29.93 | 32.19 |
| 5×5 | Jonathan Charlesworth | 53.81 | 1:01.74 |
| Clock | Amy Smith | 5.13 | 5.47 |
| Skewb | Jonathan Charlesworth | 2.33 | 2.98 |
The PB harvest
46 set · 21 still standing- Lucas Buckley — 3×3 single 8.03: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
- Sebastian Bock — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
- Mark Beeck — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Flynn Creelman — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
- James Cooper — Skewb single 5.21: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
- Leyton Bock — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
- Sebastian Bock — 5×5 single 1:23.67: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
- Henrik Anderson — Skewb single 6.29: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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
43 competitors · 253 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. Jonathan Charlesworth won it with a 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U' R' D2 F' D' F2 U2 B R' B2 L' U2 R' U2 R B2 R F2 D R' - 2
L2 U2 R2 U2 B2 D2 F' D2 F' R' U' F D B U' F2 D2 L2 - 3
L D' B2 U2 B2 L2 F2 R2 D' L2 U2 F U L D2 B L R' D2 U' - 4
B L U F2 R2 B' R B2 D B' L2 F' L2 B' L2 F2 R2 L - 5
F' D B L B' U F R B R F' L2 F2 U2 R2 D' R2 F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
43 competitors- Aaron Edwards
- Alexander Maloney
- Amy Smith
- Bryn Hannagan-Wood
- Burhan Ashraf
- Chris Bock
- Cooper Harvey
- Evan Dumergue
- Fiona Wang
- Flynn Creelman
- George Pedigo
- Greg Smith
- Hayden Garnish
- Henrik Anderson
- Ian Dumergue
- Jacob Oborne
- James Cooper
- James Holdsworth
- Jasper Green
- Jaxon Foster
- Jay Calter
- Jonathan Charlesworth
- Josiah L. Harvey
- Jove Hannagan-Wood
- Lachlan Stephens
- Leyton Bock
- Lucas Buckley
- Lucius Leong
- Mark Beeck
- Mark Charlesworth
- Marlon Spotkaeff
- Nathan Maloney
- Noah Sephton
- Oliver Burns
- Oliver Kandiah
- Reece Fawcett
- Samuel Birney
- Sebastian Bock
- Sebastian Green
- Simon Lasserre
- Sophia Dumergue
- Xavier Valentine
- Zak Kenny
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.