Competitions · Australia

South Australian Open 2023

Adelaide, South Australia · 2 September 2023 · 11 events · 110 competitors · 210 personal bests

Seth Ferry won five of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) by 0.21 seconds. 110 competitors produced 210 personal bests, 69 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Abigail Kharece Viernes took a 2×2 single of 13.13 down to 3.27, 75 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Seth Ferry — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.21s

closest final — Skewb, Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) over Jonah Blakeley

210

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seth Ferry	5.99	8.47
2×2	Lochitha Subasinghe	2.21	2.47
4×4	Seth Ferry	32.61	35.47
5×5	Seth Ferry	1:00.14	1:05.56
6×6	Jeffers Chan	2:14.72	2:23.16
7×7	Brock Hamann	3:29.41	3:45.99
3×3 one-handed	Seth Ferry	11.33	12.57
Megaminx	Seth Ferry	49.93	51.67
Pyraminx	Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)	1.74	2.14
Skewb	Junqi Feng (冯骏骐)	3.20	3.95
Square-1	Jeffers Chan	7.82	8.58

The PB harvest

210 set · 69 still standing

Nguyen Canh Tien Vinh — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Alexander Crush — 3×3 single 9.11: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Harry Parkyn — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Kittatam Saisaard — 3×3 single 11.02: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Samuel Whitehead — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Oliver Lodge — 3×3 single 11.47: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Nathan East — Pyraminx single 4.82: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Paris Dinan — 3×3 single 11.86: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

110 competitors · 750 results · 11 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. Seth Ferry won it with a 8.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.