Competitions · Australia

Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022

Perth, Western Australia · 6 August 2022 · 10 events · 89 competitors · 93 personal bests

Jonathan Charlesworth won four of the ten events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jonathan Charlesworth by 0.25 seconds. 89 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nam Quoc Nguyen took a 2×2 single of 22.13 down to 6.56, 70 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Jonathan Charlesworth — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.25s

closest final — 3×3, Jonathan Charlesworth over Joshua Hounslow

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jonathan Charlesworth	7.22	8.63
2×2	Joshua Hounslow	1.46	1.93
4×4	Marquez Phan	29.62	31.27
5×5	Jonathan Charlesworth	1:05.25	1:07.17
6×6	Jonathan Charlesworth	1:57.39	2:05.27
7×7	Jonathan Charlesworth	3:28.66	3:40.60
3×3 blindfolded	Joshua Hounslow	40.40	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Glen Goh Wee Zhuan (吴洧全)	34 moves	36.67
Megaminx	James Holdsworth	46.51	51.80
Pyraminx	Joshua Hounslow	1.94	3.19

The PB harvest

93 set · 27 still standing

Marquez Phan — 4×4 single 27.21: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Joshua Hounslow — 3×3 blindfolded single 37.06: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Leo Millar — Pyraminx single 4.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Micah Adam Schroeder — 3×3 single 10.46: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Christian Manuel de Lange — 3×3 single 11.14: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Naksh Patel — 3×3 single 12.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Ciaran Joseph Carbery — 3×3 single 12.42: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Stephane Tahon — 3×3 single 12.88: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 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

89 competitors · 434 results · 10 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. Jonathan Charlesworth won it with a 8.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.