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Perth Puzzle Party 2024

Perth, Western Australia · 13 January 2024 · 3 events · 75 competitors · 56 personal bests

Lachlan Stephens won the 3×3 with a 7.53 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lachlan Stephens by 0.29 seconds. 75 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Logan Jansma took a Pyraminx single of 13.48 down to 3.95, 71 percent better in one day.

3
events decided
0.29s
closest final — 3×3, Lachlan Stephens over Joshua Hounslow
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lachlan Stephens6.547.53
PyraminxJoshua Hounslow2.073.29
SkewbAmy Smith3.954.47

The PB harvest

56 set · 25 still standing
  • Lucas Buckley — Pyraminx single 1.87: into the top 0.93% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Wright — 3×3 single 7.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Logan Jansma — Pyraminx single 3.95: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Duan Myburgh — 3×3 single 10.52: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • George Pedigo — Skewb single 4.00: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Evan Dumergue — Pyraminx single 4.85: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Logan Jansma — 3×3 single 11.60: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Wright — Pyraminx single 5.01: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

75 competitors · 319 results · 3 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 7.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.