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Competitions · Australia

Maitland Winter 2023

Maitland, New South Wales · 17 June 2023 · 4 events · 69 competitors · 55 personal bests

Bryan Eng won three of the four events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bryan Eng by 1.63 seconds. 69 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aidan Vilath took a 4×4 single of 1:24.67 down to 47.76, 44 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Bryan Eng — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
1.63s
closest final — 3×3, Bryan Eng over Liam Highducheck
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bryan Eng6.067.26
4×4Liam Highducheck28.0029.90
5×5Bryan Eng52.1153.37
3×3 one-handedBryan Eng11.0311.57

The PB harvest

55 set · 20 still standing
  • Ewan Gates — 3×3 single 10.76: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Aiden Blishen Cuneo — 3×3 single 12.14: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
  • Will Rankin — 3×3 one-handed single 19.08: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
  • Aidan Vilath — 4×4 single 47.76: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
  • Terence Koo — 3×3 single 16.03: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
  • Will Rankin — 5×5 single 1:30.88: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
  • Kaarthikeya Dikshitula — 3×3 single 16.75: into the top 30.2% of the event's history.
  • Ewan Gates — 4×4 single 1:02.02: into the top 38.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

69 competitors · 240 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. Bryan Eng won it with a 7.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.