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Competitions · Australia

Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025

Perth, Western Australia · 21 December 2025 · 5 events · 49 competitors · 32 personal bests

Jonathan Charlesworth won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jonathan Charlesworth by 0.04 seconds. 49 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Eric Li took a 3×3 single of 28.40 down to 17.97, 37 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Jonathan Charlesworth — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.04s
closest final — 3×3, Jonathan Charlesworth over Lachlan Stephens
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jonathan Charlesworth7.047.54
2×2Jonathan Charlesworth1.681.86
4×4Jonathan Charlesworth25.2130.52
3×3 blindfoldedAmy Smith22.39
PyraminxJoshua Hounslow2.292.70

The PB harvest

32 set · 21 still standing
  • Antoine Quemerais — 2×2 single 0.90: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
  • Lachlan Stephens — 4×4 single 25.00: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
  • Declan Sander — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Declan Sander — 3×3 single 8.95: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • George Pedigo — Pyraminx single 3.46: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Joel Harrop — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Chew — 2×2 single 2.83: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Declan Sander — 4×4 single 46.33: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

49 competitors · 216 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. Jonathan Charlesworth 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.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.