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Perth Underground Open 2022

Perth, Western Australia · 29 January 2022 · 1 events · 91 competitors · 28 personal bests

Lachlan Stephens won the 3×3 with a 9.16 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lachlan Stephens by 0.19 seconds. 91 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Dhiyan Balakumar took a 3×3 single of 39.02 down to 24.63, 37 percent better in one day.

1
events decided
0.19s
closest final — 3×3, Lachlan Stephens over Luke Burong
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lachlan Stephens7.779.16

The PB harvest

28 set · 7 still standing
  • Sam Sieracki — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Alex Eng — 3×3 single 13.30: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Fan — 3×3 single 15.48: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
  • Kaydee Leek — 3×3 single 18.84: into the top 36.6% of the event's history.
  • Sergei Chernyshenko — 3×3 single 28.19: into the top 59.2% of the event's history.
  • Boston Kiely — 3×3 single 33.91: into the top 68.9% of the event's history.
  • Elijah Palmer — 3×3 single 53.10: into the top 88.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

91 competitors · 149 results · 1 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 9.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.