Competitions · Australia

Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023

Sydney, New South Wales · 21 January 2023 · 5 events · 116 competitors · 81 personal bests

Bryan Eng won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bryan Eng by 0.14 seconds. 116 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 59 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Soham Ronav Ram set the 3×3 average national record: 15.18.

Three wins

Bryan Eng — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Bryan Eng over Taine Cassar

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bryan Eng	6.41	7.54
4×4	Bryan Eng	29.44	32.21
5×5	Bryan Eng	49.97	59.66
Megaminx	Taine Cassar	44.38	49.00
Square-1	James Bui	9.33	13.37

The PB harvest

81 set · 49 still standing

Jonah Jeoun Jeong — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Eddy Shao — Megaminx single 47.52: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Lance Aguilar — 5×5 single 57.28: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Tyron Jung — 3×3 single 8.85: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
James Bui — Square-1 single 9.33: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Anubhav Dhruv Ammangi — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Matthew Karl Reyes — 4×4 single 34.13: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Matthew Karl Reyes — 5×5 single 1:03.71: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

59 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 425 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. Bryan Eng won it with a 7.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.