Competitions · Australia

U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023

Brisbane, Queensland · 3 September 2023 · 4 events · 80 competitors · 70 personal bests

Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) won two of the four events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) by 0.06 seconds. 80 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lachlan Adams-Romyn took a Skewb single of 8.51 down to 2.47, 71 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) — 3×3, Square-1

0.06s

closest final — Square-1, Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) over Benjamin Warry

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	6.42	7.32
Megaminx	Jamie Otsu	35.20	38.55
Skewb	Benjamin Warry	4.26	4.73
Square-1	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	6.65	8.40

The PB harvest

70 set · 28 still standing

Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) — Square-1 single 5.06: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
Jermaine Manthey — 3×3 single 8.13: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Matthew O'Shea — 3×3 single 9.06: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Austin Yung — 3×3 single 9.65: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Timothy Lubke — Skewb single 4.35: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Bailey Murdoch — Skewb single 5.69: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Skye Perryn — Megaminx single 1:24.85: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
Ming Dao Ting — Megaminx single 1:26.27: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

80 competitors · 341 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. Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) won it with a 7.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.