Competitions · Australia

Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023

Gold Coast, Queensland · 27 May 2023 · 4 events · 109 competitors · 119 personal bests

Toby Seufert won the 3×3 with a 7.53 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Toby Seufert by 0.26 seconds. 109 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elijah Roncali took a 2×2 single of 14.42 down to 3.85, 73 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.26s

closest final — 3×3, Toby Seufert over Yibo Wang (王奕博)

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Toby Seufert	6.55	7.53
2×2	Guanbo Wang (王冠博)	1.28	1.68
3×3 one-handed	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	10.43	12.02
Megaminx	Jamie Otsu	38.98	40.06

The PB harvest

119 set · 31 still standing

Joshua Jackson — 3×3 single 7.97: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Milan Chandler — 2×2 single 2.45: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Juan Carlos Campomanes — 3×3 one-handed single 15.30: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Jarrod Scherer — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Bhavya Devendrasinh Zala — 2×2 single 3.09: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Hao Do — Megaminx single 1:10.10: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Rhylen Newton — 3×3 single 13.47: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Bhavya Devendrasinh Zala — 3×3 single 14.81: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

109 competitors · 438 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 7.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.