Competitions · Australia

Simple Sydney Sunday 2023

Sydney, New South Wales · 10 September 2023 · 5 events · 140 competitors · 157 personal bests

Cooper Holmes won the 3×3 with a 8.30 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sebastian Lee by 0.15 seconds. 140 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 76 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jason Panagiotidis took a Clock single of 49.19 down to 7.28, 85 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Sebastian Lee over Cooper Holmes

157

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Cooper Holmes	7.45	8.30
2×2	Sebastian Lee	1.86	2.21
Clock	Declan Flowers	6.32	7.41
Pyraminx	Andres Rodriguez	1.78	2.33
Skewb	Joshua Almanza	3.30	4.50

The PB harvest

157 set · 76 still standing

Suraj Sudharsan — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Sam King — 3×3 single 8.48: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Corren Ingersole — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Christian Gebrael — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Sam King — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Emrys Nash — Pyraminx single 4.53: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
James Anderson — Pyraminx single 4.64: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Lucas Peter Alvaro — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

140 competitors · 690 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. Cooper Holmes won it with a 8.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.