Competitions · Australia

Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025

Melbourne, Victoria · 28 September 2025 · 3 events · 71 competitors · 40 personal bests

Ethan Stevens won the 3×3 with a 6.78 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ethan Stevens by 0.01 seconds. 71 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arvin Eshragh took a 3×3 single of 43.30 down to 19.78, 54 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Ethan Stevens over Roman Rudakov

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Stevens	6.44	6.78
2×2	Roman Rudakov	1.16	1.21
3×3 blindfolded	Tam Quan	27.57	—

The PB harvest

40 set · 18 still standing

Tam Quan — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Harry Forbes — 3×3 single 6.87: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Oscar Hahnel — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Julian Mallia — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Hugo Monk — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Mingeun Song — 3×3 single 11.67: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Akiva Kenner — 2×2 single 3.40: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
James Eckhardt — 3×3 single 17.37: into the top 32.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

71 competitors · 242 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. Ethan Stevens won it with a 6.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.