Competitions · Australia

Craigie Cube-Off 2021

Craigie, Western Australia · 28 March 2021 · 7 events · 95 competitors · 69 personal bests

Jonathan Charlesworth won four of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alevio Hamizan Ersha by 0.23 seconds. 95 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jacob Gibson took a Skewb single of 19.18 down to 11.39, 41 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Jonathan Charlesworth — 4×4, 5×5, Skewb, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — 3×3, Alevio Hamizan Ersha over Lachlan Stephens

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alevio Hamizan Ersha	8.51	8.94
4×4	Jonathan Charlesworth	29.25	33.16
5×5	Jonathan Charlesworth	1:03.54	1:07.40
3×3 blindfolded	Joshua Hounslow	1:13.12	—
3×3 one-handed	Jeann Valdez	14.28	16.50
Skewb	Jonathan Charlesworth	2.87	3.07
Square-1	Jonathan Charlesworth	9.84	11.51

The PB harvest

69 set · 24 still standing

Jonathan Charlesworth — 3×3 one-handed single 11.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Luke Burong — 4×4 single 30.48: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Toby Coote — 3×3 single 8.63: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Joe Davis — 3×3 one-handed single 18.16: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Sam Sieracki — 3×3 one-handed single 18.82: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Benjamin Shurmer — 3×3 single 13.06: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Aiden Billing — 3×3 single 13.17: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Jonathan Pang — 3×3 one-handed single 21.83: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

95 competitors · 367 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. Alevio Hamizan Ersha won it with a 8.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.