Competitions · New Zealand

A New Year in Auckland 2024

Auckland · 20 January 2024 · 9 events · 109 competitors · 211 personal bests

Dwyane Ramos won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Oscar McEvoy by 0.09 seconds. 109 competitors produced 211 personal bests, 86 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Edwin Shen set the Clock single continental record: 2.97.

Two wins

Dwyane Ramos — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — Skewb, Oscar McEvoy over Dwyane Ramos

211

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dwyane Ramos	6.22	6.96
2×2	Elyas Eyou	1.42	1.83
4×4	Angela Braganza	23.24	28.80
5×5	Angela Braganza	48.92	52.70
3×3 one-handed	Dwyane Ramos	8.88	10.25
Clock	Edwin Shen	2.97	3.47
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.38	1.75
Skewb	Oscar McEvoy	1.82	3.16
Square-1	Camerone Chin	7.93	10.36

The PB harvest

211 set · 86 still standing

Matteo Ortiz — 3×3 single 6.18: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Kalvin Lum — 3×3 single 6.57: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Oscar McEvoy — Skewb single 1.82: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Kim Logoshenko — 3×3 single 7.07: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Oscar Watson — Skewb single 2.19: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Jerry Jiang — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Sean Weingott — 3×3 single 7.75: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Kun Er Zhang — 3×3 single 7.91: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 963 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Dwyane Ramos won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R' B2 F2 D2 L' R' F2 R2 F L D R2 D2 B2 U R2 F2 D
2D2 B2 L D2 B2 L' F2 R' U2 L2 F' D R D2 U' L' D2 R' B' R
3F R' F' U D2 L' B2 R' U2 R' U2 R2 D' R B2 D' B' F' L
4R' L2 B' D2 R2 F D2 R2 F2 L2 F' R' D R2 U2 L' F' U' F R
5F2 U' B2 R2 B2 D2 F2 D2 L' B' F' U R2 F' D R2 B2 F

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.