Competitions · Australia

Puzzling Pinjarra 2021

Pinjarra, Western Australia · 21 November 2021 · 5 events · 70 competitors · 63 personal bests

Joshua Hounslow won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Joshua Hounslow by 0.02 seconds. 70 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ben Teh took a Skewb single of 18.11 down to 7.86, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Joshua Hounslow — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Joshua Hounslow over Luke Burong

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joshua Hounslow	7.54	8.18
2×2	Joshua Hounslow	1.95	2.71
4×4	Joshua Hounslow	31.18	34.57
3×3 blindfolded	Amy Smith	2:22.88	—
Skewb	Jonathan Charlesworth	2.89	4.03

The PB harvest

63 set · 24 still standing

Luke Burong — 3×3 single 6.48: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Joe Davis — Skewb single 2.76: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Joe Davis — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Kaydee Leek — 2×2 single 3.60: into the top 21.4% of the event's history.
Isaac Skeers — 3×3 single 16.04: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
Loui Koenig-Tomlinson — 3×3 single 17.77: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.
Anonymous — Skewb single 7.16: into the top 34.9% of the event's history.
Oliver Tilley — Skewb single 7.29: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

70 competitors · 308 results · 5 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. Joshua Hounslow won it with a 8.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.