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Competitions · Australia

Goulburn Open 2024

Goulburn, New South Wales · 20 April 2024 · 4 events · 73 competitors · 73 personal bests

Sora Sato won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jad Smith by 0.44 seconds. 73 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Martin Henry took a Skewb single of 7.75 down to 2.02, 74 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Sora Sato — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.44s
closest final — 2×2, Jad Smith over Sora Sato
73
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sora Sato6.637.14
2×2Jad Smith1.642.23
3×3 one-handedSora Sato10.6713.23
SkewbThomas Tinlin1.723.32

The PB harvest

73 set · 23 still standing
  • Martin Henry — Skewb single 2.02: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Toby Gillard — 3×3 single 9.00: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Gauci — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Ben Mitchell — 3×3 single 13.41: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Sam Morgan — 3×3 single 13.79: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Sam Morgan — Skewb single 8.06: into the top 41.7% of the event's history.
  • Lewis Norman — 2×2 single 5.27: into the top 42.6% of the event's history.
  • Flynn Kennedy — 3×3 single 21.13: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

73 competitors · 305 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. Sora Sato won it with a 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.