Competitions · Australia

Butler Blitz 2022

Butler, Western Australia · 26 November 2022 · 5 events · 64 competitors · 58 personal bests

Joshua Hounslow won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Joshua Hounslow by 0.14 seconds. 64 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

George O'Donoghue took a 3×3 single of 52.72 down to 16.35, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Joshua Hounslow — 3×3, 2×2

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Joshua Hounslow over Jeremy Foott

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joshua Hounslow	6.70	8.95
2×2	Joshua Hounslow	2.18	2.55
4×4	Jonathan Charlesworth	31.58	32.71
7×7	Jonathan Charlesworth	2:55.50	3:09.05
Megaminx	James Holdsworth	43.63	47.43

The PB harvest

58 set · 9 still standing

Leon Vo — 4×4 single 1:00.18: into the top 36.6% of the event's history.
Riad Amirizal — 3×3 single 23.30: into the top 48.6% of the event's history.
Gabriel Richardson — 3×3 single 24.91: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.
Riad Amirizal — 2×2 single 6.83: into the top 59.0% of the event's history.
Hamish Sainsbury — 3×3 single 28.78: into the top 60.4% of the event's history.
James Holdsworth — 7×7 single 5:45.70: into the top 64.2% of the event's history.
Neo Pentony — 2×2 single 10.04: into the top 78.1% of the event's history.
Abbi Conkling — 3×3 single 47.19: into the top 83.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

64 competitors · 225 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. Joshua Hounslow won it with a 8.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.