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Auckland Spring 2018

Auckland · 1 September 2018 · 15 events · 96 competitors · 124 personal bests

Tom Nelson won three of the 15 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jerry Jiang by 0.15 seconds. 96 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lee Stanton-Barnett set the Square-1 single national record: 9.61.

Three wins
Tom Nelson — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Jerry Jiang over Tim Xie
124
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Benjamin Agnew8.809.84
2×2Jerry Jiang1.642.66
4×4Alex Asbery32.1737.04
5×5Alex Asbery1:15.431:16.48
6×6Dhanasit Srijamorn2:22.862:24.58
7×7Tom Stanton-Barnett3:28.273:44.07
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson43.08—
3×3 one-handedLucas O'Connell12.4717.16
MegaminxJames Macdiarmid43.2048.09
PyraminxLucas O'Connell2.703.42
SkewbMantra Shukla3.784.32
Square-1Lucas O'Connell12.3914.21
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson2:19.98—
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson——
3×3 Multi-BlindJames Macdiarmid13 of 17 cubes · 55:21—

The PB harvest

124 set · 46 still standing
  • Raphael Lee — Pyraminx single 2.40: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Agnew — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Shiyuan Ji (籍世源) — Pyraminx single 2.78: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Lucas O'Connell — 3×3 one-handed single 12.47: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Lee Stanton-Barnett — Square-1 single 9.61: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Raphael Lee — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Raphael Lee — 4×4 single 35.88: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Ryan McDonald — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 536 results · 15 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. Benjamin Agnew won it with a 9.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.