Competitions · Australia

Going Back to the Gong 2024

Wollongong, New South Wales · 10 February 2024 · 8 events · 91 competitors · 86 personal bests

Chris Mills won two of the eight events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Liam Highducheck by 0.07 seconds. 91 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xander James took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 9:05.49 down to 2:42.75, 70 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Chris Mills — 3×3, Pyraminx

0.07s

closest final — 4×4, Liam Highducheck over Bryan Eng

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chris Mills	6.04	7.51
2×2	Bryan Eng	1.55	1.84
4×4	Liam Highducheck	25.91	28.65
7×7	Terence Chenh	2:28.92	2:40.00
3×3 blindfolded	Elias Chong	33.63	—
Pyraminx	Chris Mills	1.89	2.83
Skewb	Bryan Eng	3.40	3.97
3×3 Multi-Blind	Samuel Moliver	16 of 17 cubes · 55:23	—

The PB harvest

86 set · 29 still standing

Martin Henry — 3×3 single 7.39: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Nathan Adams — 3×3 single 7.81: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Callan Vom — 4×4 single 31.37: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Callan Vom — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Joseph Liu (劉睿博) — Skewb single 4.32: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Samuel Moliver — 4×4 single 41.84: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Callan Vom — Skewb single 4.63: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Samuel Moliver — Skewb single 5.28: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

91 competitors · 512 results · 8 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. Chris Mills won it with a 7.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.