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Competitions · Australia

Quintilian Cube-Off 2023

Perth, Western Australia · 17 June 2023 · 5 events · 69 competitors · 53 personal bests

Lachlan Stephens won two of the five events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lachlan Stephens by 0.17 seconds. 69 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javad Mahbubi set the Pyraminx single national record: 10.04.

Two wins
Lachlan Stephens — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Lachlan Stephens over Jay Calter
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jeremy Foott7.688.27
2×2Lachlan Stephens1.652.41
4×4Jonathan Charlesworth27.9033.05
3×3 one-handedLachlan Stephens11.7016.18
PyraminxAmy Smith3.194.44

The PB harvest

53 set · 12 still standing
  • Liam Reid — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Vikrant Vijayakumar — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Charlie McClung — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
  • Nam Quoc Nguyen — 2×2 single 3.09: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Edward Sim — Pyraminx single 7.81: into the top 34.6% of the event's history.
  • Braden Muriwai — 4×4 single 1:06.52: into the top 43.5% of the event's history.
  • Javad Mahbubi — 4×4 single 1:09.31: into the top 46.2% of the event's history.
  • Braden Muriwai — Pyraminx single 9.47: into the top 48.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 299 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. Jeremy Foott won it with a 8.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.