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Perth Time Trial 2023

Perth, Western Australia · 1 July 2023 · 6 events · 79 competitors · 105 personal bests

Joshua Hounslow won two of the six events (2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joshua Hounslow by 0.17 seconds. 79 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Oliver Kandiah took a 2×2 single of 6.69 down to 3.37, 50 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Joshua Hounslow — 2×2, 5×5
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Joshua Hounslow over Jonathan Charlesworth
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lachlan Stephens7.838.64
2×2Joshua Hounslow1.832.61
4×4Jonathan Charlesworth29.9233.23
5×5Joshua Hounslow54.801:01.10
6×6Alevio Hamizan Ersha1:53.141:59.76
7×7Alevio Hamizan Ersha2:49.662:56.32

The PB harvest

105 set · 28 still standing
  • Jaxon Foster — 3×3 single 6.16: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
  • Alevio Hamizan Ersha — 4×4 single 30.56: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Alvaro Haidar Ersha — 4×4 single 32.44: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Ceraph Toh — 3×3 single 8.91: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Jeremy Foott — 5×5 single 1:06.51: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Vishwath Srinivasan — 3×3 single 11.86: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Pang — 4×4 single 42.96: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Braden Muriwai — 3×3 single 12.61: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

79 competitors · 432 results · 6 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 8.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.