Competitions · Australia

Simple Sydney Saturday 2023

Sydney, New South Wales · 9 September 2023 · 5 events · 138 competitors · 140 personal bests

Bryan Eng won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Thomas Tinlin by 0.32 seconds. 138 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 68 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Basil Lutz took a 2×2 single of 18.78 down to 6.12, 67 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Bryan Eng — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.32s

closest final — Skewb, Thomas Tinlin over Liam Highducheck

140

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bryan Eng	7.11	7.84
2×2	Bryan Eng	1.33	1.79
3×3 one-handed	Bryan Eng	11.21	12.44
Clock	Daniel Wang	4.88	5.53
Skewb	Thomas Tinlin	3.17	4.64

The PB harvest

140 set · 68 still standing

Enoch Hong Bo Chong — 3×3 single 7.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Aiden Krog — 3×3 one-handed single 12.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Noah Smith — 2×2 single 2.08: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Vincent Contini — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Vassilios Liangas — 3×3 single 9.66: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Luca Scott — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Vincent Contini — Skewb single 3.85: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Karlon Tse — 3×3 single 10.97: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

138 competitors · 663 results · 5 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. Bryan Eng won it with a 7.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 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.