Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2025

Inside the Connolly Community Centre, the quiet focus of memory specialists met the rapid clatter of big cubes turning at speed. Solvers inspected complex scramble patterns across tables arranged for precise execution, taking brief breaths before plunging into blindfolded memorisation phases or high-order turning marathons. The atmosphere throughout the one-day gathering captured the intense dedication required across specialised events, setting the stage for a day of tight margins and decisive victories.

The Megaminx final provided the closest contest of the entire schedule at Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2025. Lucius Leong clinched the title with a five-solve average of 54.27 seconds, edging out runner-up Zak Kenny who finished close behind at 56.75 seconds. Leong set the benchmark with the fastest single solve of the event at 45.35 seconds, maintaining just enough pace across all five solves to hold off Kenny by less than two and a half seconds over the entire average. Amy Smith secured third place with a solid 1:02.28 average.

Held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia on June 7, 2025, the cubing competition brought together 18 competitors contesting seven events across nine total rounds. The compact schedule leaned heavily toward big cubes and blindfolded disciplines, demanding supreme mental stamina alongside traditional puzzle manipulation. Competitors embraced the test across every discipline on offer, treating spectators to a diverse showcase of technical precision and algorithmic knowledge.

Big cube racing delivered another dominant showing, this time from Tyler Williams across both high-order puzzles. In the 6x6x6 Cube final, Williams logged a winning average of 1:50.64 and a best single of 1:44.69, holding off Jaxon Foster who took second in 1:56.06, while Zak Kenny finished third in 2:23.30. Williams doubled his gold tally in the 7x7x7 Cube with a 2:40.23 average and a top single of 2:37.61, finishing well ahead of Foster in 3:34.13 and Smith in 3:46.75 to assert complete authority over the multi-layered puzzles.

Blindfolded solving formed the conceptual heart of Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2025, and Amy Smith proved virtually unstoppable without sight. In 3x3x3 Blindfolded, Smith won the event outright with a stellar single of 19.71 seconds, finishing ahead of Declan Sander at 1:51.11 and Lucius Leong at 1:56.42. Beyond standard blindfolded 3x3 results, Smith went on to win 4x4x4 Blindfolded with an average of 1:43.42 and a top single of 1:41.97, and also claimed victory in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind by successfully resolving 26 out of 33 cubes in 59:01. In the grueling 5x5x5 Blindfolded event, all seven entrants, including winner Declan Sander, registered DNFs.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several solvers achieved substantial breakthroughs on the official floor. Aaron Edwards posted two major personal bests across the large cubes, dropping his 7x7x7 Cube mark to 4:43.22, which was 23.1 percent faster than his previous best of 6:08.20, and shaving 14.1 percent off his 6x6x6 Cube time with a new 2:58.85 mark. Joshua Bumstead improved his 3x3x3 Blindfolded personal best by 16.7 percent to 2:17.02, while Ken Telfer achieved a 15.6 percent personal best in the same event with a time of 5:11.30. Lachlan Manson brought his 6x6x6 Cube personal best down by 13.1 percent to 3:51.29 across his five events.

Expanding repertoire was equally prominent among the under-the-radar performers making their presence felt across the tables. Vincent Vedant Solanki took on his first ever official attempt at 6x6x6 Cube to post a time of 5:37.79, while Mark Charlesworth made his first attempt at Megaminx with a 4:30.93 single. Jonathan Charlesworth logged his first attempt at 4x4x4 Blindfolded with a 26:47.00 result, and Xingyuan Mo (莫星原) completed four events on the day, highlighted by a strong seventh-place finish in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind.

Whether competing on the standard Rubik's Cube variants or navigating memory challenges blindfolded, entrants at Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2025 demonstrated the breadth of modern speedcubing. The event stood as a classic WCA competition where technical mastery, careful preparation, and speed cubing dexterity were tested at the highest regional level. As the final puzzles were packed away, the tight finishes and individual milestones defined another memorable chapter in Australian competitive cubing.