Competitions · New Zealand

Beachside Auckland 2025

Auckland · 20 September 2025 · 7 events · 75 competitors · 81 personal bests

Alexander Vujcich won two of the seven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Alexander Vujcich by 0.13 seconds. 75 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Ruoqing Chen (陈若轻) took a Square-1 single of 1:28.95 down to 41.41, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Alexander Vujcich — 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — 4×4, Alexander Vujcich over Andrew Feng

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrew Feng	5.03	6.60
2×2	Yuki Gao	1.14	1.37
4×4	Alexander Vujcich	21.64	26.21
5×5	Alexander Vujcich	41.85	46.46
Clock	Lachlan Gibson	1.91	2.70
Pyraminx	Sam Lock	1.49	2.09
Square-1	Ashley Foster	8.43	9.81

The PB harvest

81 set · 29 still standing

Gen Kimura — Pyraminx single 1.36: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
Gen Kimura — 3×3 single 6.24: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Yuki Gao — 3×3 single 7.09: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Jack Zhang — Clock single 3.65: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Ashley Foster — 4×4 single 29.27: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Johnson Kan — 3×3 single 9.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Zoen Gibbons — Pyraminx single 3.60: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Kalvin Lum — 5×5 single 1:00.75: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

75 competitors · 481 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

75 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.