Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025

The tables at Harold Park Community Hall were set early for intense action as competitors gathered for a full day of solving. Speedcubing in such close quarters demands pure technical discipline, where every fingertip motion and calculated grip shift matters just as much as raw turning speed. Across three rounds and seven stages of play, solvers adjusted to the room and dialled in their habits, keeping hands steady under tournament conditions.

The 2025 gathering brought 106 competitors to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on February 8, 2025. Running under official WCA competition rules, the program packed 3x3x3 Cube, Pyraminx, and Megaminx into a single day of focused racing. Participants managed their warmups carefully, balancing table time across varied puzzle shapes and distinct turn mechanics throughout the schedule.

The headline event was the classic 3x3x3 Cube, featuring the entire 106-person field across three rounds. Caden Liu took the overall win with a final winning average of 7.06 seconds, backed by a best single of 5.64 seconds. Feliks Zemdegs finished in second place with an average of 7.24 seconds, while Sebastian Lee completed the top three with an 8.72 average. The deep 3x3 results demonstrated fierce consistency across every solve of the final round.

The Pyraminx event featured 84 competitors across two rounds and delivered rapid turning times. Sebastian Lee captured the title with a winning average of 1.84 seconds, alongside the tournament best single of 0.96 seconds. Miles Irwin secured the second position with a 2.38 average, and Archimedes Dines took third on the podium with an average of 2.70 seconds, wrapping up an all-Australian podium sweep in the tetrahedral puzzle.

In Megaminx, 51 competitors took on the complex twelve-sided puzzle across two rounds. Edward Rust earned first place with a winning average of 36.00 seconds and a round best single of 32.37 seconds. Jamie Otsu followed closely in second place with an average of 36.15 seconds, while Lucas Otsu finished third with an average of 43.28 seconds, highlighting the high standard of long-form speed cubing at the venue.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several solvers achieved massive leaps in performance. Abigail McCracken entered three events, posting a first ever attempt at Megaminx of 3:26.82, a Pyraminx personal best of 5.99 seconds which was 57 percent faster than before, and a 3x3x3 Cube personal best of 21.77 seconds. Harry Beaugie contested two events and dropped his Pyraminx mark by 51.2 percent with a personal best of 6.89 seconds, while improving his 3x3x3 Cube best to 15.90 seconds. Jeremiah Cass tackled three disciplines, achieving a Pyraminx best of 4.35 seconds, a Megaminx best of 1:43.91, and an 11.17 on the Rubik's Cube.

First-time event runs and career breakthroughs defined the day for many others. Kai Xin Zhang achieved a 16th-place finish in Pyraminx with a first ever attempt of 5.97 seconds, alongside a 3x3x3 Cube personal best of 19.58 seconds. Gerald Li logged a first attempt at Pyraminx in 6.73 seconds and cut his 3x3x3 Cube personal best to 26.81 seconds. Alan Ornelas registered first attempts in both Pyraminx at 11.33 seconds and Megaminx at 2:14.30. Lachlan Jack took on three events with first tries at Megaminx in 4:32.64 and Pyraminx in 9.16 seconds, while Christopher Mees marked improvements across three events including a 9.43 Pyraminx personal best.

The day concluded with Australian competitors taking all nine podium positions across the three events staged at the venue. Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025 demonstrated the competitive depth present in the Sydney region across both short sprints and lengthy endurance solves. With rounds running smoothly from opening scrambles to the final 3x3 stage, the cubing competition set a strong benchmark for the rest of the season.

As Harold Park Community Hall cleared out at the end of the day, solvers packed away their cubes with plenty of fresh personal bests on the books. Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025 brought together experienced contenders and ambitious newcomers under one roof, providing another memorable chapter for the local community.