Competitions · Australia
QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023
Brisbane, Queensland · 26 November 2023 · 4 events · 73 competitors · 70 personal bests
Benjamin Warry won two of the four events (Pyraminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Benjamin Warry by 0.22 seconds. 73 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Thomas Smith took a Square-1 single of 56.13 down to 28.28, 50 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Toby Seufert | 5.76 | 6.64 |
| 4×4 | Yibo Wang (王奕博) | 26.93 | 31.65 |
| Pyraminx | Benjamin Warry | 2.70 | 3.20 |
| Square-1 | Benjamin Warry | 6.66 | 7.16 |
The PB harvest
70 set · 25 still standing- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — 3×3 single 4.47: into the top 0.045% of the event's history.
- Ainslie Bell — Pyraminx single 4.16: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
- Francis Nuttall — Square-1 single 12.08: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
- Samuel Long — Pyraminx single 5.01: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
- Markus Sta Maria — Pyraminx single 5.06: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
- Alex Mclucas — Pyraminx single 5.54: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
- Robert Hunt — Pyraminx single 5.62: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
- Bryce Ballam — Pyraminx single 5.78: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Nine 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
73 competitors · 319 results · 4 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 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 L2 B D2 B' U2 F2 R2 B2 U2 F L2 R B U' F' L' R U' B2 - 2
L U F2 L2 F2 L2 B' D2 B' F2 U2 L' U2 F' D' F L R' F2 - 3
F D2 F2 L2 R2 F' U2 F' L2 F' L U' B F2 R2 B R' U' - 4
L' B F2 R2 F2 R2 D2 F2 U' F2 D' F2 L2 R' U2 F' L D2 R2 F R - 5
U' R' D' B L' U F U' B L D2 R2 D2 L B2 R2 D2 B
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
73 competitors- Adam Kielenniva
- Ainslie Bell
- Alex Mclucas
- Alexander Arnold
- Alexander Tronoff
- Andres Rodriguez
- Antonín Pařízek
- Aydin Hodzic
- Benjamin Bingham
- Benjamin Brownlow
- Benjamin Thomson
- Benjamin Warry
- Bryce Ballam
- Byron Blatch
- Cameron Smith
- Conan Mo
- Connor Sharpe
- Danielle Kay
- Dean Whelan
- Elijah Brunne
- Ephraim Enoch Zhao (趙以諾)
- Francis Nuttall
- František Pařízek
- Hannah Coombs
- Hao Do
- Haolong Du (杜昊龍)
- Harry McConnell
- Hayaan Kotak
- Huy Minh Tran
- Jack Brown
- Jack Hinz
- Jai Sun Lee
- James Williams
- Jay Kapoor
- Jeremy Johnson
- Jet Hetherington
- Joel David Hibbert
- Joseph Burnett
- Joy Chen
- Juan Carlos Campomanes
- Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza
- Kewei Yan (阎可为)
- Kyle Jones
- Laura Ting
- Liam Pipia
- Lucas Otsu
- Markus Sta Maria
- Matthew Ban
- Micah Manalac
- Michael Lubke
- Ming Dao Ting
- Mitchell Anderson
- Moses Limmer
- Nicholas Thomson
- Robert Hunt
- Samuel Long
- Samuel Michael Gaffney
- Sean O'Reilly
- Shaiden Noetzel
- Shen Flindell
- Skyla Cotterell
- Theo Rae
- Thomas Smith
- Timothy Lubke
- Toby Seufert
- Tom van Evert
- Tyler Barry
- Vasudev Nair
- William Wang
- Yibo Wang (王奕博)
- Yiyang Chen
- Zac Tom
- Zach Hamel
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.