Competitions · Australia

Wide Bay Cubing 2025

Hervey Bay, Queensland · 12 July 2025 · 9 events · 75 competitors · 93 personal bests

Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦) won two of the nine events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Connor Theodore by 0.28 seconds. 75 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyle Jones set the Clock average national record: 2.94.

Two wins

Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦) — 3×3, 2×2

0.28s

closest final — Skewb, Connor Theodore over Daniel McCorkell

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦)	6.00	6.53
2×2	Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦)	1.47	2.19
4×4	Hayden Ng (吳宇晞)	25.86	29.85
3×3 blindfolded	Asaph Scott	1:16.32	—
Clock	Kyle Jones	2.34	3.37
Megaminx	Jamie Otsu	30.59	35.64
Pyraminx	Joshua Ban	2.20	2.35
Skewb	Connor Theodore	3.39	4.60
Square-1	Benjamin Warry	7.03	8.06

The PB harvest

93 set · 55 still standing

Joshua Ban — 2×2 single 1.08: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
Tommas Austin-Milne — 3×3 single 6.64: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
Benjamin Warry — 4×4 single 31.58: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Jurien Weller — 3×3 single 9.26: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Kaidyn De Luca-Mazza — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ainslie Bell — Skewb single 3.99: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Eli Carr — Clock single 7.19: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Kaden Weller — Skewb single 4.51: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 503 results · 9 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. Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦) won it with a 6.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.