Competitions · Australia

Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023

Gold Coast, Queensland · 28 May 2023 · 4 events · 85 competitors · 55 personal bests

Charlie Eggins won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Andrew Huang by 0.08 seconds. 85 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Benjamin Warry set the Square-1 single continental record: 4.28.

Two wins

Charlie Eggins — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Andrew Huang over Charlie Eggins

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Charlie Eggins	6.39	8.05
3×3 blindfolded	Charlie Eggins	18.33	—
Pyraminx	Andrew Huang	2.57	3.16
Square-1	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	6.28	7.76

The PB harvest

55 set · 31 still standing

Benjamin Warry — Square-1 single 4.28: into the top 0.067% of the event's history.
Andrew Huang — Pyraminx single 1.66: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Iago Julio-de Almeida — Pyraminx single 2.93: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Geordan Sfetsos — Pyraminx single 3.54: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Conan Mo — Square-1 single 10.26: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Luca Fox — 3×3 single 11.45: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
William Cormack — Pyraminx single 6.03: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
Alex Wu — Pyraminx single 6.42: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

85 competitors · 313 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. Charlie Eggins won it with a 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.