Competitions · Australia

Lake Macquarie Open 2025

Cardiff, New South Wales · 3 May 2025 · 4 events · 76 competitors · 64 personal bests

Sora Sato won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bryan Eng by 0.14 seconds. 76 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hesandu Hiruneth Senanayake took a 3×3 single of 48.48 down to 19.78, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Sora Sato — 3×3, 4×4

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Bryan Eng over Sora Sato

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sora Sato	6.16	7.21
2×2	Bryan Eng	1.19	1.79
4×4	Sora Sato	25.25	30.05
Pyraminx	Sebastian Lee	1.09	1.40

The PB harvest

64 set · 42 still standing

Alena Weiley — 3×3 single 7.50: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jack Gilbert — 3×3 single 10.23: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Cooper Jackson — Pyraminx single 4.53: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Jack Gilbert — Pyraminx single 4.71: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Vitaliy Orlov — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Benji Wong — 3×3 single 11.50: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Callum Mouat — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Edan Andrew Feeney — 2×2 single 3.06: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

76 competitors · 315 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

76 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.