Competitions · Australia

Puzzling Parramatta 2024

Parramatta, New South Wales · 10 August 2024 · 10 events · 80 competitors · 108 personal bests

Bryan Eng won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Sebastian Lee by 0.75 seconds. 80 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastian Lee set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.05.

Four wins

Bryan Eng — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7

0.75s

closest final — Clock, Sebastian Lee over Elias Chong

108

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bryan Eng	6.15	7.52
4×4	Bryan Eng	25.34	28.95
6×6	Bryan Eng	1:38.54	1:42.01
7×7	Bryan Eng	2:43.62	2:52.25
3×3 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	20.39	—
Clock	Sebastian Lee	5.57	5.79
Pyraminx	Sebastian Lee	1.05	1.63
4×4 blindfolded	Daniel Wang	2:41.29	—
5×5 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	3:51.73	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Michael Tripodi	40 of 45 cubes · 57:30	—

The PB harvest

108 set · 31 still standing

Aaron Rattanachaipipat — Pyraminx single 2.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Ashan Menon — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Ashan Menon — Pyraminx single 3.23: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Elias Chong — 4×4 blindfolded single 2:49.67: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Isaac Lu — 3×3 single 10.25: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Andy Cao — 3×3 single 10.25: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Thomas Lawler — 4×4 single 37.23: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Noah Winfield — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 476 results · 10 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. Bryan Eng won it with a 7.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.