Competitions · Australia

NSW Open 2022

Sydney, New South Wales · 11 June 2022 · 8 events · 444 competitors · 327 personal bests

Bryan Eng won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Vincent Wong by 0.10 seconds. 444 competitors produced 327 personal bests, 125 of which still stand today, and 250 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Enzo Alarcon took a 3×3 single of 43.27 down to 11.59, 73 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Bryan Eng — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Skewb

0.10s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Vincent Wong over Bryan Eng

327

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bryan Eng	6.50	7.14
2×2	Bryan Eng	1.73	2.23
4×4	Bryan Eng	26.69	31.01
5×5	Bryan Eng	52.97	57.15
3×3 blindfolded	Timothy Loh	33.62	—
3×3 one-handed	Vincent Wong	10.99	13.15
Pyraminx	Sebastian Lee	1.83	2.86
Skewb	Bryan Eng	3.33	4.13

The PB harvest

327 set · 125 still standing

Viswajiit Murugabharathy — 3×3 single 6.90: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Kawin Chen — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Enoch Hong Bo Chong — Pyraminx single 3.03: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Jaivardhan Bhatia — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Samuel Moliver — Pyraminx single 3.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Jolina Chen — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Daniel McDonald — Pyraminx single 4.89: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Jack Pascoe — Pyraminx single 5.04: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

250 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

444 competitors · 1788 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. Bryan Eng 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.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

444 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.