Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026

Carey Baptist Grammar School provided an intense backdrop as 89 competitors gathered for a day of sharp focus and fast rotations in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The hall buzzed with the rhythm of timers engaging and hands maneuvering plastic puzzles across the solving tables. Every cubing competition relies on deep concentration, where solvers must tune out distractions entirely to read permutations in a fraction of a second. The single-day schedule demanded absolute mental clarity across seven total rounds of action on May 24, 2026.

Mental discipline in speedcubing often reaches its absolute peak during events that require pure memorisation and precision, where solvers must internalise every facet of the puzzle before turning without visual cues. That same standard of disciplined focus carried straight into every round of Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026. With three diverse events on the schedule, competitors had to transition seamlessly between mechanical agility and calculated foresight throughout the day.

The 3x3x3 Cube contest, universally recognized as the classic Rubik's Cube event, delivered thrilling 3x3 results across three competitive rounds featuring 88 competitors. Tommy Kiprillis secured victory with a stellar winning average of 6.50 seconds. Kiprillis also produced the fastest single solve of the event at 5.98 seconds. Phoenix Patterson finished in second place with an average of 6.96 seconds, while Andy Gong earned third place with a 7.35 average to complete an all-Australian podium.

Phoenix Patterson followed up that performance with an exceptional run in the 2x2x2 Cube event, taking first place among 74 competitors. Patterson recorded a winning average of 1.34 seconds alongside a best single of 1.06 seconds across two rounds of speed cubing. The final was exceptionally tight, with Nathan Fares finishing just behind in second place at 1.37 seconds and Jacob Joshi claiming third place with an average of 1.42 seconds.

The Pyraminx event featured 63 entrants navigating two rounds of rapid solving. Ziqi Ding clinched the top step on the podium with a winning average of 2.09 seconds, having also logged the best single time of the event at 1.63 seconds. Charlie Handley secured second place with an average of 2.59 seconds, matching the 2.59 average posted by third-place finisher Emmet Hobbs.

Beyond the podiums, the official WCA competition proved to be a major proving ground for developing talent across the region. Raiden Franklin delivered one of the day's sharpest drops, taking on three events and setting a new 2x2x2 Cube personal best of 3.58 seconds, which was 61.3% faster than their previous mark of 9.26. Levi Verdon also entered three disciplines and made remarkable gains across the board, setting personal records of 4.96 seconds in 2x2x2 Cube (57.8% faster), 7.98 seconds in Pyraminx (25.6% faster), and 19.79 seconds in 3x3x3 Cube (20.5% faster). Jayden Hou focused exclusively on the 3x3x3 Cube and cut their mark down to 16.41 seconds, an improvement of 54.5% over their prior 36.08 best. Eleanor Koplin improved her 2x2x2 Cube best by 47.8% with an 8.16 single while also improving in 3x3x3 Cube to 27.27.

First-time event attempts and debuts brought extra energy to the tables throughout the session. William Vergara took on three disciplines, recording a first official 2x2x2 Cube result of 4.62 seconds while improving in Pyraminx to 9.68 and 3x3x3 Cube to 10.90. Atticus Green marked a first attempt at Pyraminx with an 11.57 and dropped their 3x3x3 Cube time by 33.1% down to 18.75. Adyan Mir logged a first official 2x2x2 Cube time of 8.30 alongside a 30.2% improvement in 3x3x3 Cube to 28.42. Sebastian Au made their career debut at Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026, entering all three events to record initial official times of 10.85 in 2x2x2 Cube, 16.04 in Pyraminx, and 40.16 in 3x3x3 Cube.

Australia swept all nine available podium places across the three events during the tournament in 2026. The combination of seasoned champions executing world-class averages and rising competitors setting massive personal milestones made for a complete showcase of speedcubing skill in Melbourne.