Competitions · New Zealand

A New Year in Auckland 2025

Auckland · 17 January 2025 · 8 events · 89 competitors · 131 personal bests

Chris Mills won the 3×3 with a 6.38 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Elyas Eyou by 0.21 seconds. 89 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Lachlan Gibson set the Clock single world record: 1.86.

events decided

0.21s

closest final — Pyraminx, Elyas Eyou over Levi Eyou

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chris Mills	5.84	6.38
2×2	Yuki Gao	1.16	1.46
4×4	Angela Braganza	24.33	26.39
5×5	Alexander Vujcich	46.29	47.73
3×3 blindfolded	Kalvin Lum	1:08.52	—
Clock	Lachlan Gibson	1.86	2.58
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.90	2.27
Square-1	Camerone Chin	6.40	7.96

The PB harvest

131 set · 59 still standing

Levi Hetherington — 2×2 single 0.63: into the top 0.057% of the event's history.
Elyas Eyou — 2×2 single 0.78: into the top 0.21% of the event's history.
Kalvin Lum — 2×2 single 0.94: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Riley Wicks — 2×2 single 0.99: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.
Edwin Shen — Pyraminx single 1.72: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Elyas Eyou — Clock single 3.11: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Edwin Shen — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Jesse Brooke — Pyraminx single 2.11: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 701 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

89 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.