QLD Quiet State Championship 2025

Sixteen competitors gathered at Northside Christian College on May 17, 2025, bringing together a dedicated community for a uniquely focused day of solving. Held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the single-day meet centered entirely on quiet disciplines that demand intense concentration rather than rapid-fire turns. Across four specialized events and four total rounds, the gathering provided an ideal environment where competitors supported one another through the mental marathon of blindfolded puzzles and efficiency challenges. The atmosphere between attempts was defined by shared analysis and camaraderie, showing how speedcubing events can foster deep friendships alongside serious competitive ambitions.

The distinctive schedule of the QLD Quiet State Championship 2025 gave participants plenty of time to exchange ideas between attempts. Unlike a standard cubing competition with loud buzzers and fast rotations, this setting required absolute silence during the official attempts, followed by lively discussions during the breaks. Solvers compared notations after hours of paper-and-pen analysis and reviewed memorization strategies for multi-cube challenges. This shared focus created a strong sense of community, drawing together veterans and developing solvers from across the region to celebrate the cerebral side of the classic Rubik's Cube.

The headline achievement of the day belonged to Jayden McNeill in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves. Across the three attempts that form the round, McNeill delivered an extraordinary sequence of solutions, earning a best single of 19 moves and an Oceanian record average of 20.33 moves. Mitchell Anderson took second place on the podium with an average of 33.67 moves, having notched a best single of 30. Charlie Eggins rounded out the top three with an average of 37.33 moves. In a field of 15 solvers, the depth of strategy was evident as participants spent full hours searching for the shortest possible path to a solved state.

Beyond the search for the top 3x3 results on paper, the blindfolded events pushed memory limits. In 3x3x3 Multi-Blind, Joseph Burnett delivered the winning total, successfully resolving 20 out of 21 cubes in a time of 48:50. Charlie Eggins followed closely in second place with 21 out of 25 cubes solved in 54:03, while David McLean secured third position with 9 out of 12 cubes in 59:45. The event requires memorizing dozens of distinct cube states before executing solutions entirely from recall, making every successful attempt a major collective highlight for the room.

The larger blindfolded puzzles tested pure stamina and precision under strict silence. In 4x4x4 Blindfolded, Charlie Eggins claimed first place with a winning single time of 1:57.02, leading a podium that included Joseph Burnett in second at 6:02.40 and Shen Flindell in third at 7:55.46. Meanwhile, the 5x5x5 Blindfolded discipline proved to be the ultimate trial of endurance. David McLean captured the victory as the sole competitor to log a successful result, recording a winning single of 20:29.00 and an overall winning average of 21:41.00 among six contenders.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several personal milestones defined the heart of the gathering. Elijah La Porte delivered an outstanding breakthrough in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, logging a personal best single of 20 moves that improved on his previous mark of 25 by 20 percent, while finishing 10th in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind across his two entered events. Billy Chapman also achieved a major efficiency leap, taking his Fewest Moves personal best down to 47 from 56, a 16.1 percent improvement, on his way to an 8th-place finish. Baden Forster took on a brand new challenge, completing his first ever attempt at 4x4x4 Blindfolded with a time of 14:07.00 to finish 5th overall.

Other competitors also made their mark across diverse formats during the meet. Connor Sharpe entered three events and secured a 7th-place finish in 4x4x4 Blindfolded while setting a personal best of 2/2 in 10:34 in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind. Thomas Yeates completed three events, earning a best finish of 7th in 4x4x4 Blindfolded and completing his first ever attempt at 3x3x3 Fewest Moves with a single of 56. Laura Ting competed in two events and secured a 6th-place finish in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves. Ming Dao Ting took on three events and earned 6th place in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind, while Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati contested 3x3x3 Fewest Moves to claim 4th place.

With 15 total podium places earned by Australian competitors throughout the schedule, the tournament highlighted the growing depth in non-speed formats within the national scene. Whether competitors spent the morning calculating block-building sequences or the afternoon managing blindfold memory palaces, the QLD Quiet State Championship 2025 demonstrated the enduring appeal of the mental game. As speed cubing continues to evolve across Australia, the shared focus and quiet dedication seen in Brisbane provided an inspiring foundation for the remainder of the 2025 competition season.