Competitions · Australia

Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026

Toowoomba, Queensland · 8 August 2026 · 7 events · 73 competitors · 89 personal bests

Jamie Otsu won two of the seven events (2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kyle Jones by 0.16 seconds. 73 competitors produced 89 personal bests, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jamie Otsu set the Megaminx average national record: 31.51.

Two wins

Jamie Otsu — 2×2, Megaminx

0.16s

closest final — 3×3, Kyle Jones over Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kyle Jones	7.27	8.18
2×2	Jamie Otsu	1.69	2.23
4×4	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	26.60	27.95
3×3 one-handed	Joseph Burnett	11.36	12.34
Megaminx	Jamie Otsu	30.19	31.51
Pyraminx	Joseph Burnett	1.87	2.36
Square-1	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	6.54	8.53

The PB harvest

89 set · 89 still standing

Matthew Ban — 3×3 single 6.09: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.
Shaun Gunawardane — 3×3 single 7.97: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Kyle Jones — Square-1 single 8.69: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Marty Kelsey — 3×3 single 8.65: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Huy Minh Tran — 3×3 single 9.07: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Baden Forster — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Ming Dao Ting — 3×3 single 9.47: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Connor Sharpe — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 462 results · 7 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. Kyle Jones won it with a 8.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.