Competitions · Australia

Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022

Gold Coast, Queensland · 4 September 2022 · 4 events · 112 competitors · 78 personal bests

Yibo Wang (王奕博) won the 3×3 with a 8.54 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Cody Caston by 0.56 seconds. 112 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ollie Manley took a Pyraminx single of 15.61 down to 6.12, 61 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.56s

closest final — Skewb, Cody Caston over Yibo Wang (王奕博)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	6.83	8.54
Clock	Conan Mo	4.66	5.43
Pyraminx	Andrew Huang	2.52	3.35
Skewb	Cody Caston	4.10	4.80

The PB harvest

78 set · 29 still standing

Callum Prowse — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Bpaul Paul — Pyraminx single 4.78: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Alex Haley — 3×3 single 11.63: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Alex Haley — Pyraminx single 6.11: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Ollie Manley — Pyraminx single 6.12: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Luke Wilson — 3×3 single 14.62: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
Bpaul Paul — Skewb single 6.00: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
Elijah Adrian Watter — Skewb single 6.12: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 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

112 competitors · 412 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. Yibo Wang (王奕博) won it with a 8.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.