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Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · 4 May 2024 · 5 events · 64 competitors · 68 personal bests

Liam Highducheck won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jad Smith by 0.13 seconds. 64 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Asaiah Peters took a Skewb single of 38.89 down to 15.86, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Liam Highducheck — 3×3, 4×4
0.13s
closest final — 2×2, Jad Smith over James Kirschner
68
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Liam Highducheck6.697.96
2×2Jad Smith2.223.01
4×4Liam Highducheck27.6429.81
PyraminxLiam Sawade2.733.60
SkewbOscar Liang4.075.30

The PB harvest

68 set · 30 still standing
  • Daniel DeHaan — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
  • Pavan Kumar Krishnan Swaminathan — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Lucinda Horne — Skewb single 4.65: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Gauci — Skewb single 4.82: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.
  • Lucinda Horne — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
  • Lucinda Horne — 4×4 single 47.49: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
  • Flynn Kennedy — Pyraminx single 6.91: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
  • Nicholas Weir — 3×3 single 15.96: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

64 competitors · 311 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. Liam Highducheck won it with a 7.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.