Competitions · Australia

Showground Showdown 2021

Claremont, Western Australia · 30 January 2021 · 9 events · 113 competitors · 162 personal bests

Joshua Hounslow won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joshua Hounslow by 0.04 seconds. 113 competitors produced 162 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eli Hickman took a Skewb single of 57.32 down to 4.77, 92 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Joshua Hounslow — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Joshua Hounslow over Lachlan Stephens

162

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joshua Hounslow	7.76	8.76
2×2	Joshua Hounslow	2.30	2.82
4×4	Jonathan Charlesworth	31.59	34.93
5×5	Jonathan Charlesworth	53.28	1:06.66
3×3 blindfolded	Jonathan Pang	2:10.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Marquez Phan	15.60	17.19
Megaminx	James Holdsworth	44.77	49.66
Pyraminx	Joshua Hounslow	3.34	3.73
Skewb	Jonathan Charlesworth	2.51	3.87

The PB harvest

162 set · 52 still standing

Marquez Phan — Pyraminx single 2.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Joe Davis — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Alvaro Haidar Ersha — Skewb single 3.30: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Oliver Nguyen — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Jeann Valdez — Skewb single 3.45: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Josephine Siburian — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
James Holdsworth — 3×3 one-handed single 17.77: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Ethan Hickman — Pyraminx single 5.32: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

113 competitors · 672 results · 9 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. Joshua Hounslow won it with a 8.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 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.