Competitions · Australia

Victorian Open 2023

Melbourne, Victoria · 1 July 2023 · 6 events · 467 competitors · 492 personal bests

David Epstein won two of the six events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Andy Gong by 0.16 seconds. 467 competitors produced 492 personal bests, 251 of which still stand today, and 129 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Liam Aharonovich took a 3×3 single of 52.06 down to 15.47, 70 percent better in one day.

Two wins

David Epstein — 3×3, Square-1

0.16s

closest final — 2×2, Andy Gong over Guanbo Wang (王冠博)

492

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Epstein	6.11	6.38
2×2	Andy Gong	1.63	1.82
3×3 one-handed	Yibo Wang (王奕博)	9.25	10.34
Pyraminx	Ziqi Ding	1.96	2.44
Skewb	Eli Panetta	2.15	3.40
Square-1	David Epstein	5.41	7.06

The PB harvest

492 set · 251 still standing

Joshua Borg — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Timothy Yang — Pyraminx single 3.56: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Thomas Curnow — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Reyansh Jai Ved — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Kyson Lovery — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Qinger Wu — Pyraminx single 3.94: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Devon Lee — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Chieng — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

129 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

467 competitors · 2366 results · 6 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. David Epstein won it with a 6.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

467 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.