Competitions · Australia

U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023

Brisbane, Queensland · 2 September 2023 · 4 events · 94 competitors · 90 personal bests

Yibo Wang (王奕博) won two of the four events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Conan Mo by 0.45 seconds. 94 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Michael Gaffney took a Pyraminx single of 26.98 down to 8.50, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yibo Wang (王奕博) — 3×3, 4×4

0.45s

closest final — Clock, Conan Mo over Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	6.53	8.39
4×4	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	28.85	32.03
Clock	Conan Mo	4.08	4.69
Pyraminx	Andres Rodriguez	1.74	2.29

The PB harvest

90 set · 19 still standing

Micah Manalac — 3×3 single 12.04: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Harry McConnell — Pyraminx single 5.45: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Liam Pipia — Clock single 8.60: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Yousuf Rehan — 3×3 single 13.18: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Daniel O'Shea — 3×3 single 15.60: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Jia-Le Leon Yang — 3×3 single 16.53: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
Xavier Tan — Pyraminx single 7.27: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Purcell — Pyraminx single 8.27: into the top 38.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

94 competitors · 368 results · 4 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. Yibo Wang (王奕博) won it with a 8.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.