Competitions · Australia

Perth Autumn 2023

Perth, Western Australia · 29 April 2023 · 8 events · 115 competitors · 136 personal bests

Joshua Hounslow won two of the eight events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jay Calter by 0.13 seconds. 115 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Harry Doherty took a 2×2 single of 22.40 down to 9.06, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Joshua Hounslow — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.13s

closest final — 2×2, Jay Calter over Jonathan Charlesworth

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lachlan Stephens	6.27	8.73
2×2	Jay Calter	2.51	2.67
4×4	Marquez Phan	29.13	32.49
5×5	Joshua Hounslow	57.21	1:00.44
6×6	Alevio Hamizan Ersha	1:51.67	1:57.43
7×7	Alevio Hamizan Ersha	2:51.97	2:56.00
3×3 blindfolded	Amy Smith	55.02	—
3×3 one-handed	Joshua Hounslow	10.91	14.75

The PB harvest

136 set · 44 still standing

Jeann Valdez — 3×3 single 7.46: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Ashton Wheeler — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Daniel Patton — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Alex Liau — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Oscar Wong Jing Yee (王敬宇) — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Sia — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Ethan Sia — 3×3 single 12.22: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Sanjit Singh Saluja — 3×3 single 12.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

115 competitors · 672 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. Lachlan Stephens won it with a 8.73 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.