Competitions · Australia

Cairns Open 2026

Cairns, Queensland · 3 October 2026 · 7 events · 18 competitors · 15 personal bests

Richard Albert Li won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by David McLean by 0.61 seconds. 18 competitors produced 15 personal bests, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leonard Hasani took a Skewb single of 16.04 down to 9.85, 39 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Richard Albert Li — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.61s

closest final — 4×4, David McLean over Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Richard Albert Li	8.19	8.70
2×2	Richard Albert Li	2.27	2.75
4×4	David McLean	42.20	47.27
5×5	David McLean	1:23.18	1:27.77
3×3 one-handed	Richard Albert Li	16.17	19.78
Pyraminx	Richard Albert Li	4.45	5.79
Skewb	Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza	4.62	5.40

The PB harvest

15 set · 15 still standing

Richard Albert Li — 3×3 single 6.10: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Richard Albert Li — Pyraminx single 3.31: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Richard Albert Li — 3×3 one-handed single 16.17: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Max Alidenes — 3×3 single 11.34: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Fletcher Hollier — 3×3 single 11.90: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza — 3×3 one-handed single 18.13: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Yiheng Yan (严艺珩) — 3×3 single 13.68: into the top 19.9% of the event's history.
Leonard Hasani — Pyraminx single 7.36: into the top 30.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

18 competitors · 131 results · 7 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. Richard Albert Li won it with a 8.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

18 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.