Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026
- Date
- City
- Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
- Venue
Thirroul Surf Lifesaving Club
- Address
- The Esplanade, Thirroul NSW 2515
- Details
John Kosten Function Room
- Contact
- Organizers
- Andrew Thornberry, Juliette Thornberry, and Speedcubing Australia
- WCA Delegates
- Atlas Alerre, Ethan Gauci, Fiona Wang, Kittatam Saisaard, and Peri Le Dain
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information

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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 75
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $38 (Australian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Registration Pending: Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026”. This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until payment has been made.
Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the $38 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 100 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $38 registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
- New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
- Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if existing competitors withdraw.
- All competitors still on the waiting list after 11:59PM October 9th will be removed and provided with a full refund.
- You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.
Deleting Registration/Refunds:
- If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund.
- To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by 11:59PM October 9th.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by 11:59PM October 9th. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Sora Sato won with an average of 6.78 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Chris Mills finished second (6.87) and James Kirschner finished third (8.26).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sora Sato | 5.54 | 6.78 | Australia | 5.54 | 6.74 | 7.83 | 5.77 | 9.67 | |||
| 2 | Chris Mills | 4.95 | 6.87 | New Zealand | 6.66 | 7.31 | 4.95 | 6.64 | 7.93 | |||
| 3 | James Kirschner | 6.74 | 8.26 | Australia | 8.77 | 7.97 | 6.74 | 9.46 | 8.03 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack McCarley | 1.31 | 1.80 | Australia | 1.88 | 2.44 | 1.31 | 1.72 | 1.79 | |||
| 2 | Sora Sato | 1.57 | 1.82 | Australia | 1.88 | 2.02 | 1.57 | 4.02 | 1.57 | |||
| 3 | James Kirschner | 1.93 | 2.42 | Australia | 4.02 | 2.98 | 1.93 | 2.34 | 1.94 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sora Sato | 42.86 | 44.89 | Australia | 52.28 | 44.19 | 42.86 | 44.98 | 45.49 | |||
| 2 | Chris Mills | 50.56 | 52.63 | New Zealand | 51.81 | 57.33 | 52.29 | 53.79 | 50.56 | |||
| 3 | Alena Weiley | 54.75 | 57.91 | Australia | 1:00.23 | 1:01.18 | 58.57 | 54.93 | 54.75 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sora Sato | 1:25.49 | 1:30.32 | Australia | 1:25.49 | 1:32.24 | 1:33.22 | |||||
| 2 | Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn | 1:36.94 | 1:40.60 | Australia | 1:42.65 | 1:42.22 | 1:36.94 | |||||
| 3 | Alena Weiley | 1:43.09 | 1:49.82 | Australia | 1:43.09 | 1:56.74 | 1:49.63 | |||||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristian Trubajic | 3.13 | 4.17 | Australia | 4.81 | 3.13 | 3.38 | 4.31 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Miles Irwin | 4.52 | 5.07 | Australia | 4.68 | 4.52 | 5.56 | 5.08 | 5.45 | |||
| 3 | Nathan Liu | 4.70 | 5.44 | Australia | 4.70 | 4.80 | 5.32 | 6.54 | 6.19 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quan Lập Văn | 33.60 | 44.16 | Vietnam | 38.61 | 43.57 | 50.30 | 33.60 | 51.66 | |||
| 2 | Chris Mills | 39.69 | 44.77 | New Zealand | 45.66 | 39.69 | 49.03 | 45.53 | 43.11 | |||
| 3 | Sora Sato | 40.86 | 46.93 | Australia | 51.23 | 40.86 | 46.19 | 45.26 | 49.35 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archimedes Dines | 1.72 | 2.20 | Australia | 1.72 | 2.34 | 2.43 | 4.13 | 1.84 | |||
| 2 | Jack McCarley | 1.75 | 2.40 | Australia | 2.17 | 2.19 | 2.84 | 1.75 | 3.02 | |||
| 3 | Miles Irwin | 2.08 | 2.47 | Australia | 3.74 | 2.90 | 2.39 | 2.08 | 2.13 | |||