Competitions · New Zealand

A New Year in Hamilton 2023

Hamilton · 28 January 2023 · 9 events · 111 competitors · 176 personal bests

Richard Yiheng Tao won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Richard Yiheng Tao by 0.01 seconds. 111 competitors produced 176 personal bests, 66 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Alexander Vujcich set the Megaminx single continental record: 29.76.

Three wins

Richard Yiheng Tao — 3×3, 2×2, Clock

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Richard Yiheng Tao over Adrien Auvray Matyn

176

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Richard Yiheng Tao	5.86	7.33
2×2	Richard Yiheng Tao	1.81	2.03
4×4	Angela Braganza	27.20	30.45
3×3 one-handed	Adrien Auvray Matyn	11.27	14.34
Clock	Richard Yiheng Tao	4.29	5.18
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	29.76	34.68
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.44	2.22
Skewb	Elyas Eyou	3.14	4.06
Square-1	Adrien Auvray Matyn	5.81	7.45

The PB harvest

176 set · 66 still standing

Adrien Auvray Matyn — 2×2 single 1.08: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
Richard Yiheng Tao — Clock single 3.05: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
Gen Kimura — Square-1 single 9.49: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Kai Mochida — 3×3 single 9.44: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Liam Hollinshead — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Jack Zhang — Square-1 single 10.99: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Thomas Pendergrast — Pyraminx single 4.53: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Liam Hollinshead — 3×3 single 11.76: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 921 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

111 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.