Competitions · Australia

Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025

Melbourne, Victoria · 27 September 2025 · 3 events · 95 competitors · 82 personal bests

Riley Dexter won the 3×3 with a 6.24 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.17 seconds. 95 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ifrahim Cheema took a 2×2 single of 25.74 down to 4.71, 82 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Benjamin Kao

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riley Dexter	4.14	6.24
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.05	1.52
3×3 one-handed	Firstian Fushada (符逢城)	10.55	11.56

The PB harvest

82 set · 30 still standing

Phoenix Patterson — 3×3 one-handed single 6.97: into the top 0.066% of the event's history.
William Herring — 3×3 single 7.16: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Josiah Levchenko — 3×3 single 7.19: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Yanxi Yu — 3×3 single 7.40: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Manh La — 3×3 single 8.51: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
William Gedicke — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Haoyu William Yan — 3×3 single 10.39: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Jasper Warner — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

95 competitors · 335 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. Riley Dexter won it with a 6.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.