Competitions · Australia

Brisbane Winter 2018

Brisbane, Queensland · 30 June 2018 · 8 events · 95 competitors · 83 personal bests

Jonathan Charlesworth won three of the eight events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Riley Dexter by 0.46 seconds. 95 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Joshua Tekwie set the 3×3 single national record: 36.84.

Three wins

Jonathan Charlesworth — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.46s

closest final — Pyraminx, Riley Dexter over Edbert Sim

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riley Dexter	8.75	10.21
4×4	Richie Lim	42.53	45.22
5×5	Jonathan Charlesworth	1:26.31	1:26.97
3×3 blindfolded	Tong Zhu (朱彤)	1:07.79	—
3×3 one-handed	Jonathan Charlesworth	19.90	21.49
Pyraminx	Riley Dexter	3.72	4.63
Square-1	Jonathan Charlesworth	12.19	14.00
4×4 blindfolded	Nathan Seeto	10:50.00	—

The PB harvest

83 set · 20 still standing

Duncan Butcher — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Richie Lim — 5×5 single 1:11.19: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Lam Yu Ching (林雨晴) — 4×4 single 41.98: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Espen Brokvam — Pyraminx single 5.34: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Jermaine Manthey — 4×4 single 43.72: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Edbert Sim — Square-1 single 15.19: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Jermaine Manthey — 3×3 one-handed single 19.36: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
Espen Brokvam — 3×3 one-handed single 21.71: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

50 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

95 competitors · 376 results · 8 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. Riley Dexter won it with a 10.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.