Competitions · Australia

Queensland Open 2023

Brisbane, Queensland · 8 July 2023 · 6 events · 282 competitors · 246 personal bests

Yibo Wang (王奕博) won two of the six events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Toby Seufert by 0.01 seconds. 282 competitors produced 246 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 114 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Joshua Tekwie set the 3×3 single national record: 10.22.

Two wins

Yibo Wang (王奕博) — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Toby Seufert over Jode Brewster

246

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Toby Seufert	5.64	7.23
2×2	Jode Brewster	0.94	1.88
4×4	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	27.09	29.06
5×5	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	49.48	52.70
3×3 one-handed	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	8.41	10.99
Megaminx	Jamie Otsu	36.57	40.66

The PB harvest

246 set · 70 still standing

Avery Graham — 3×3 single 6.69: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Dylan Erece-Verches — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Dylan Johnston — 3×3 single 7.01: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Mohamed Ayaan Ebrahim — 2×2 single 1.30: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Evan Benjamin — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Ainslie Bell — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
William Carter — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Samuel Shellard — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

114 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

282 competitors · 1270 results · 6 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. Toby Seufert won it with a 7.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

282 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.