Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024

A total of 110 competitors assembled at the Harold Park Community Hall as Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 brought top-tier speedcubing action to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on May 18, 2024. Across eight rounds spanning four core events, the one-day gathering highlighted the technical mastery and dexterity demanded at an elite cubing competition. Solving puzzles at this level rewards fine motor control, rapid lookahead, and efficient fingertricks, principles evident from the opening scrambles all the way to the final stages of the main event.

The 3x3x3 Cube contest stood at the center of the schedule, drawing 109 entrants through three intense rounds of speed cubing. In the final round, Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn captured the title with a winning average of 8.40 seconds, backed by a best single of 7.99 seconds in the final and a blistering 7.20 in an earlier round. The standard Rubik's Cube battle proved extremely close at the summit, as Sebastian Lee secured second place with an average of 8.77 seconds, followed directly by Edward Rust in third with an 8.83 average.

Sebastian Lee enjoyed an exceptional weekend across multiple disciplines, highlighted by a dominant victory in the Pyraminx. Facing a field of 90 competitors across two rounds, Lee registered a winning average of 1.67 seconds and a best single of 1.47 seconds to claim the top spot. Aron Stapleton took second place on the Pyraminx podium with a 3.38 average, while Miles Irwin rounded out the top three by posting an average of 3.62 seconds in the final.

The Megaminx event tested endurance and pattern recognition over twelve faces, featuring 59 competitors across two rounds. Jamie Otsu claimed the championship with a winning average of 38.48 seconds, having also set the fastest single of the event at 34.53 seconds. Edward Rust took the runner-up position with a 40.70 average, while Peri Le Dain earned third place with a 46.85 average. The 3x3x3 Blindfolded discipline demanded immense focus and memorisation, where Elias Chong won with a 27.44 average, ahead of Hans Lin with a 26.78 single and Nam Anh Dang with a 27.98 single.

Away from the podium battles, Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 offered an important stage for emerging talent to push their boundaries. Jacqueline Yasugi achieved a massive personal best in the 3x3x3 Cube, finishing in 20.60 seconds to improve by 41.7 percent. Theodore Yasugi contested four separate events, recording a Pyraminx personal best of 5.63 seconds for a 39.4 percent drop and a Megaminx personal best of 1:09.94 to cut 34.5 percent off his previous standard. Saxon Pyke dropped his Pyraminx mark by 35.7 percent to 7.38 seconds, while Samuel Gardner shaved 32.8 percent from his 3x3x3 Cube time to clock 21.48 seconds alongside his first ever attempt at Pyraminx in 11.88 seconds.

The depth of progress continued across the venue as Ethan Collins achieved a 20.8 percent personal best of 19.41 seconds on the 3x3x3 Cube, while logging his first official attempts at Pyraminx with 12.36 seconds and Megaminx with 2:02.47. Nuaim Nukman Bin Mohmad Sah took on four events, delivering his first attempts at Pyraminx in 11.62 seconds and Megaminx in 1:51.85. Joel Park recorded a first attempt at 3x3x3 Blindfolded in 2:21.11, while Gavin Chung entered four events, posting his first blindfolded attempt at 2:23.52 and scoring a 14.4 percent personal best of 4.21 seconds in Pyraminx.

First-time competitors also made their presence felt during their initial WCA competition experience. Jeremiah Cass tackled three events in his debut, recording marks of 16.02 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube, 8.68 seconds in Pyraminx, and 2:35.82 in Megaminx. Noor Mohammed completed the same trio with times of 20.65 seconds on the 3x3x3 Cube, 9.84 seconds on Pyraminx, and 3:21.98 on Megaminx. Frederick Mayer and Benjamin T. Chong each completed their first three official events as well, setting strong benchmarks for future competition.

Australian competitors swept all 12 podium positions across the four disciplines, showcasing the remarkable consistency of the domestic scene in 2024. The complete 3x3 results reflected deep competition, with Daniel Wang producing the fastest single of the 3x3x3 Cube event at 6.52 seconds. As Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 drew to a close at the Harold Park Community Hall, the day delivered outstanding individual breakthroughs alongside world-class speedcubing execution.