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Competitions · Australia

Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · 23 June 2024 · 4 events · 40 competitors · 26 personal bests

Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn won the 3×3 with a 8.65 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Liam Sawade by 0.76 seconds. 40 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lachlan Buckley took a Pyraminx single of 8.08 down to 4.84, 40 percent better in one day.

4
events decided
0.76s
closest final — Pyraminx, Liam Sawade over Miles Irwin
26
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn7.788.65
6×6Cass Hopkins1:53.191:58.38
3×3 blindfoldedTing Sheng Bao Yang1:23.85
PyraminxLiam Sawade1.802.91

The PB harvest

26 set · 9 still standing
  • Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — 3×3 single 6.06: into the top 0.52% of the event's history.
  • Jack Hitchman — 3×3 single 7.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Jack Hitchman — Pyraminx single 3.94: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Mark Botros — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Lachlan Buckley — Pyraminx single 4.84: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Tom Noble — 6×6 single 2:17.39: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
  • George Beattie — Pyraminx single 7.87: into the top 35.1% of the event's history.
  • Lingwen Chen — Pyraminx single 8.86: into the top 43.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

40 competitors · 163 results · 4 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. Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn won it with a 8.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.