Competitions · New Zealand

Big and Blind Queenstown 2025

Queenstown · 8 March 2025 · 15 events · 9 competitors · 18 personal bests

Adrien Auvray Matyn won six of the 15 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Adrien Auvray Matyn by 0.24 seconds. 9 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eddy Forster took a 3×3 single of 30.82 down to 21.55, 30 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Adrien Auvray Matyn — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1

0.24s

closest final — 3×3, Adrien Auvray Matyn over Henry Eyles

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Adrien Auvray Matyn	5.38	6.86
2×2	Henry Eyles	1.69	1.91
4×4	Henry Eyles	23.95	32.69
5×5	Henry Eyles	48.87	52.46
6×6	Henry Eyles	1:30.96	1:38.43
7×7	Henry Eyles	2:35.87	2:41.99
3×3 blindfolded	Oscar Childs	1:23.18	—
3×3 one-handed	Adrien Auvray Matyn	12.13	12.82
Clock	Daniel Fraser	6.62	7.11
Megaminx	Adrien Auvray Matyn	36.52	42.36
Pyraminx	Adrien Auvray Matyn	1.23	2.60
Skewb	Adrien Auvray Matyn	2.62	2.93
Square-1	Adrien Auvray Matyn	6.33	7.33
4×4 blindfolded	Oscar Childs	—	—
5×5 blindfolded	Oscar Childs	—	—

The PB harvest

18 set · 14 still standing

Adrien Auvray Matyn — 3×3 single 4.97: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Henry Eyles — 3×3 single 5.33: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Adrien Auvray Matyn — Megaminx single 36.52: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Finley Sharman — 2×2 single 3.04: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Finley Sharman — 3×3 single 13.53: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Xin Tu (屠新) — 3×3 single 16.95: into the top 30.8% of the event's history.
Finley Sharman — 3×3 one-handed single 27.57: into the top 40.8% of the event's history.
Eddy Forster — 3×3 single 21.55: into the top 44.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. 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

9 competitors · 83 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

9 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.