Competitions · Australia

Perth Puzzle Party 2025

Perth, Western Australia · 18 January 2025 · 5 events · 66 competitors · 64 personal bests

Lachlan Stephens won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lachlan Stephens by 0.07 seconds. 66 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Declan Sander took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:31.36 down to 1:08.51, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Lachlan Stephens — 3×3, 2×2

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, Lachlan Stephens over Jonathan Charlesworth

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lachlan Stephens	7.06	7.79
2×2	Lachlan Stephens	1.51	1.76
3×3 blindfolded	Diego Meneghetti	26.73	—
3×3 one-handed	Ethan Caalim	11.89	13.69
Skewb	Jonathan Charlesworth	2.97	3.07

The PB harvest

64 set · 34 still standing

Amy Smith — 2×2 single 0.68: into the top 0.1% of the event's history.
Kuba Sianozecki — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Henry Hunter — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Lucius Leong — 3×3 one-handed single 13.17: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Marlon Spotkaeff — Skewb single 3.20: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Jayden Chung — 3×3 single 9.82: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Brooklyn Williams — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Sophia Dumergue — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

66 competitors · 311 results · 5 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 7.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.