Brisbane Summer 2023

Bryan Eng posted a decisive 7.42 second average to secure the premier 3x3x3 Cube title, leading an authoritative weekend for local solvers at the Morayfield Sport & Events Centre. The flagship event gathered 327 competitors across four rounds, with Eng delivering a best single solve of 6.86 seconds on the way to the top spot. Toby Seufert finished second with a 7.59 average, while Charlie Eggins took third with 7.67 to complete a clean Australian sweep of the main podium.

The two-day speedcubing gathering, running February 4 to February 5, brought 332 competitors together for Brisbane Summer 2023. Over the course of 17 rounds across seven events, solvers representing Australia amassed a remarkable 16 podium places out of 21 available, with China claiming four positions and Brazil taking one. The massive turnout in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia highlighted the depth of the local community as the 2023 season got underway.

Eggins turned in another standout performance in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded discipline, taking first place with a single of 17.17 seconds after an unrecorded average across three rounds. Blindfolded solving demands intense memorisation before executing moves without sight, and Eggins navigated 34 competitors to lead the field. Bpaul Paul claimed second with a 20.60 single, and Diego Meneghetti of Brazil placed third with 37.11 to round out the blindfolded podium.

Hayden Ng delivered a masterclass in the big cubes, claiming gold across both the 6x6x6 Cube and 7x7x7 Cube events. In the 6x6x6 Cube, Ng posted a winning average of 1:35.77 and a single of 1:32.38 among 47 competitors, finishing ahead of Yibo Wang who achieved 1:44.91 and Eng who placed third in 1:57.84. Ng then paced the 37-person field in the 7x7x7 Cube with an average of 2:19.38 and a top single of 2:09.15, followed by Eng at 2:47.00 and Wang at 3:05.47.

Beyond the podium battles, Brisbane Summer 2023 offered fertile ground for personal breakthroughs and ambitious new ventures. Rohan Oakley delivered a massive drop in Skewb, recording a personal best of 10.07 seconds, which was 82.8 percent faster than his previous 58.59 mark, while also taking on his first ever attempt at 6x6x6 Cube with a time of 5:48.28. Bhavya Devendrasinh Zala logged personal bests across two disciplines, clocking 3.97 seconds in 2x2x2 Cube for a 51.9 percent improvement and 17.04 seconds in the classic Rubik's Cube for a 48.1 percent boost, alongside a debut Skewb solve of 8.23 seconds. Ben Gatehouse tackled five events, achieving a Pyraminx personal best of 5.61 seconds, which was 51.8 percent faster than his previous best, and completed his first ever attempts in both the 6x6x6 Cube at 4:31.45 and the 7x7x7 Cube at 7:25.26. Kaden MacDonald took on five disciplines, improving his 2x2x2 Cube mark by 47.7 percent to 3.44 seconds and his Pyraminx time by 30.1 percent to 10.08 seconds, while registering his first ever Skewb attempt of 14.10 seconds.

Several other competitors broadened their competitive repertoires across the multi-event timetable. William Carter took on seven events, making first ever attempts at 2x2x2 Cube with 2.44 seconds, 6x6x6 Cube with 3:03.32, and 7x7x7 Cube with 4:20.90, which earned him a 9th-place finish. Joel David Hibbert entered six disciplines, placing 10th in the main event while logging initial official times of 8.89 seconds in Skewb, 3:06.77 in 6x6x6 Cube, and 4:03.60 in 7x7x7 Cube. Josiah Freudigmann also took on a heavy seven-event schedule, completing first attempts in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event at 3:41.11, the 6x6x6 Cube at 4:49.22, and the 7x7x7 Cube at 7:27.57. William Coggins improved his standard puzzle mark to 18.00 seconds for a 39.2 percent jump and registered debuts in Pyraminx at 15.22 seconds and Skewb at 33.99 seconds.

The side events generated intense competition down to fractions of a second. In the 2x2x2 Cube, Guanbo Wang topped a massive lineup of 267 competitors, averaging 1.36 seconds across three rounds with a rapid 0.79 single. Benjamin Warry took second with an average of 1.86 seconds, while Eng also clocked an average of 1.86 seconds to take third. Warry went on to capture victory in Pyraminx, leading 217 entrants with an average of 2.57 seconds, finishing ahead of Eggins at 2.99 and Avery Graham at 3.01 in an all-Australian podium.

In Skewb, Yibo Wang averaged 4.20 seconds over two rounds to secure the title from 147 competitors, supported by a 3.62 best single. Eng took the runner-up position with a 4.30 average, adding yet another medal to his weekend collection, while Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati finished third with a 4.99 average. With its broad attendance and spirited rounds, this cubing competition proved to be a vibrant display of speed cubing excellence.

The 3x3 results and podium totals from Brisbane Summer 2023 reflect an active and competitive regional scene. Across every format and puzzle size, the WCA competition at the Morayfield venue brought hundreds of enthusiasts together to test their speed, consistency, and problem-solving focus.