Competitions · Australia

Wonderful Williamstown 2022

Melbourne, Victoria · 23 April 2022 · 9 events · 320 competitors · 248 personal bests

Riley Dexter won two of the nine events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Phoenix Patterson by 0.01 seconds. 320 competitors produced 248 personal bests, 85 of which still stand today, and 137 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

David Epstein set the Square-1 single world record: 4.40.

Two wins

Riley Dexter — 3×3, Pyraminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Phoenix Patterson over Riley Dexter

248

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riley Dexter	6.31	6.96
2×2	Phoenix Patterson	1.38	2.02
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:31.14	1:32.14
7×7	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	2:09.67	2:15.68
3×3 blindfolded	Michael Tripodi	19.43	21.77
Pyraminx	Riley Dexter	1.49	2.86
Skewb	Ben Wakelin	3.00	3.65
Square-1	David Epstein	4.40	6.29
3×3 Multi-Blind	Michael Tripodi	45 of 49 cubes · 58:04	—

The PB harvest

248 set · 85 still standing

Divnoor Bajwa — 3×3 single 5.39: into the top 0.21% of the event's history.
Zach Amiridis — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Myles Jarman — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Joshua Chau — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Qi Qu (曲祺) — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Billy Wilson — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Setiawan — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Isaac O'Brien — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

137 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

320 competitors · 1334 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. Riley Dexter won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

320 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.