QLD State Championship 2025

The sports hall at Brisbane State High School filled with the rhythmic click of plastic and the drop of timers across three intense days of solving. Competitors and spectators gathered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from April 11 to April 13, 2025, watching two hundred entrants move between staging areas and competition tables. Across twenty-six rounds covering thirteen official disciplines, the atmosphere remained concentrated and steady throughout every stage of the weekend.

Big cube events demand absolute precision because the mean-of-three format offers no safety margin whatsoever. Unlike the standard average-of-five where a worst solve is eliminated, every single turn in the 6x6x6 Cube and 7x7x7 Cube counts directly toward the final score. A single slip, lockup, or missed alignment ruins the entire mean, leaving solve times vulnerable across grueling multi-minute efforts where mental stamina is tested to the limit.

Hayden Ng mastered that exact unforgiving pressure at the QLD State Championship 2025, capturing gold across the large puzzle categories. In 6x6x6 Cube, Ng secured the title with a mean of 1:34.40, highlighted by a best single of 1:32.92 to finish ahead of Jamie Otsu who posted 1:40.09. Ng repeated the feat in 7x7x7 Cube with a winning mark of 2:10.16 and a 1:58.67 single, holding off Otsu at 2:40.48 and Joseph Burnett at 2:45.51.

Ng added two more first-place finishes to complete an impressive quad of titles during the cubing competition. In the 5x5x5 Cube, Ng took victory with an average of 50.12, leading Yibo Wang who recorded 53.38 and Otsu at 58.35. Ng also claimed top honours in Square-1, delivering a decisive 10.69 winning average and a 6.30 single to finish ahead of Charlie Eggins at 14.71 and Jack Hinz at 14.87.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube contest drew 196 entrants through four rounds of speedcubing drama. Yibo Wang emerged on top of the 3x3 results, registering a winning average of 7.51 and a rapid single of 6.15. Elijah La Porte took the runner-up spot with an average of 7.92, while Charlie Eggins claimed third in 7.97. Wang also collected the 4x4x4 Cube crown, posting an average of 29.70 and a best single of 25.83.

Beyond the championship podiums, individual breakthroughs provided some of the most compelling stories across the entire WCA competition. Christopher Luo delivered massive gains, improving his 2x2x2 Cube personal best to 3.01, which was 64.2 percent faster than his prior mark, while also shaving 63.4 percent off his Pyraminx best with a 5.66. Junyul Lee took on eleven events and lowered his 3x3x3 One-Handed personal best to 43.93, a 61.5 percent drop from 1:54.09. Jack Trenorden reduced his 2x2x2 Cube best by 56.9 percent down to 4.41, while Antonín Pařízek cut his Clock personal best by 55.9 percent to 8.48.

Several solvers expanded their repertoires with bold first attempts at new events at the QLD State Championship 2025. Darius Tan entered all thirteen disciplines, tackling his first 7x7x7 Cube effort in 6:49.55 and finishing 26th. Zyrus Santos took on twelve events, logging a first 6x6x6 Cube mark of 4:29.74 and taking 5th in 3x3x3 Blindfolded. Mark Browning contested ten events, registering his first Clock attempt at 12.07. Vincent Le handled nine events, producing an inaugural 4x4x4 Cube attempt of 1:09.31.

Other formats delivered sharp contests across the schedule of classic Rubik's Cube variants. In Clock, Lachlan Adams-Romyn won with an average of 3.29 over Joseph Burnett at 4.29. Elijah La Porte claimed the Skewb title averaging 4.15 to edge Connor Theodore at 4.36. Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati took Pyraminx in 3.20, beating Joshua Ban at 3.23 and Matthew Ban at 3.37. Nicholas Paul won 3x3x3 One-Handed in 10.15, Guanbo Wang took 2x2x2 Cube in 1.45, Jamie Otsu captured Megaminx in 37.48, and Charlie Eggins took 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a 16.92 single.

The speed cubing action concluded on Sunday after Australia secured thirty podium places, China earned seven, and Malaysia took two. The QLD State Championship 2025 showcased both the extreme technical consistency required in mean-of-three solving and the broad enthusiasm of two hundred competitors pushing their limits across every event on the official program.