Competitions · Australia

WA Open 2022

Perth, Western Australia · 25 June 2022 · 7 events · 84 competitors · 87 personal bests

Joshua Hounslow won four of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Joshua Hounslow by 0.08 seconds. 84 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Regan Roberts took a Skewb single of 13.77 down to 5.07, 63 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Joshua Hounslow — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx

0.08s

closest final — 4×4, Joshua Hounslow over Jonathan Charlesworth

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lachlan Stephens	8.20	9.15
2×2	Joshua Hounslow	1.66	2.37
4×4	Joshua Hounslow	29.44	33.02
3×3 Fewest Moves	Joshua Hounslow	28 moves	—
Pyraminx	Joshua Hounslow	2.31	3.17
Skewb	Jonathan Charlesworth	3.06	3.57
Square-1	Jonathan Charlesworth	8.06	10.04

The PB harvest

87 set · 28 still standing

Jeremy Foott — Pyraminx single 3.10: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Josephine Siburian — Square-1 single 8.92: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Marquez Phan — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Josephine Siburian — Skewb single 3.58: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Adarsh Natarajan — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Benjamin Walker — 4×4 single 37.66: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Alan Siburian — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Adarsh Natarajan — 3×3 single 11.34: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

84 competitors · 567 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. Lachlan Stephens won it with a 9.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.