Competitions · Australia

Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022

Gold Coast, Queensland · 3 September 2022 · 4 events · 110 competitors · 80 personal bests

Bryan Eng won two of the four events (Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Bryan Eng by 0.02 seconds. 110 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Francis Nuttall took a Square-1 single of 1:00.13 down to 16.62, 72 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Bryan Eng — Pyraminx, Skewb

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Bryan Eng over Benjamin Warry

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Toby Seufert	5.92	7.04
Pyraminx	Bryan Eng	3.34	4.06
Skewb	Bryan Eng	3.58	4.11
Square-1	Benjamin Warry	6.83	7.55

The PB harvest

80 set · 30 still standing

Seungwon Yun — 3×3 single 8.57: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Maximus Ferrier — 3×3 single 9.75: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Francis Nuttall — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Asher Vancouver Johnston — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Orlando Rodrigues — Pyraminx single 4.21: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Austen Au — Pyraminx single 4.43: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Lachlan Stapleton — 3×3 single 12.14: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Orlando Rodrigues — Skewb single 4.89: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

110 competitors · 424 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 7.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

110 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.