Competitions · New Zealand

Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023

Auckland · 1 July 2023 · 7 events · 122 competitors · 169 personal bests

Richard Yiheng Tao won three of the seven events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Richard Yiheng Tao by 0.12 seconds. 122 competitors produced 169 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Alexander Vujcich set the Megaminx single continental record: 28.20.

Three wins

Richard Yiheng Tao — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 3×3, Richard Yiheng Tao over Alexander Vujcich

169

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Richard Yiheng Tao	6.52	7.78
2×2	Yuki Gao	1.45	1.85
4×4	Alexander Vujcich	28.29	34.09
5×5	Richard Yiheng Tao	1:00.96	1:03.73
3×3 one-handed	Richard Yiheng Tao	12.82	13.34
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	28.20	30.40
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.93	2.52

The PB harvest

169 set · 54 still standing

Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) — 2×2 single 0.66: into the top 0.081% of the event's history.
Gen Kimura — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Luke Hibbert — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Caylum Hudson — 3×3 single 8.81: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Cory Sonntag — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Gabriel Martinez — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Kun Er Zhang — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Jinsol Hong — 4×4 single 39.32: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

122 competitors · 947 results · 7 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. Richard Yiheng Tao won it with a 7.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

122 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.