Competitions · New Zealand
Coping in Auckland 2025
Auckland · 5 July 2025 · 6 events · 59 competitors · 53 personal bests
Kalin Doherty won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) by 0.11 seconds. 59 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Isabella Sequeiros Egan took a Skewb single of 29.60 down to 15.16, 49 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kalin Doherty | 8.05 | 8.52 |
| 2×2 | Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) | 1.46 | 1.75 |
| 5×5 | Brandon Harris | 55.37 | 1:02.15 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Kalin Doherty | 1:00.69 | — |
| Pyraminx | Carol Chai | 2.13 | 2.79 |
| Skewb | Carol Chai | 3.54 | 3.80 |
The PB harvest
53 set · 22 still standing- Charlie Sly — 3×3 single 9.29: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
- Ryan Dyer — Skewb single 3.25: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
- Ryan Dyer — Pyraminx single 4.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
- Joshua Slyfield — 3×3 single 10.24: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
- Vira Huang (黃翎溱) — Skewb single 3.81: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
- Finn Kilgallon — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
- Joshua Slyfield — Pyraminx single 5.16: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
- Isaac Russell — Pyraminx single 6.10: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 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
59 competitors · 267 results · 6 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. Kalin Doherty won it with a 8.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F R U' D F R' B D F2 U' L2 U D2 L2 U2 B' L2 F' - 2
L B' F' U2 L2 B2 U2 L2 B' D2 L D2 U2 F' D L B F U' - 3
F B' U2 R2 L' U L' U R2 F L2 D2 F L2 B' D2 F2 B L2 - 4
U2 F L2 B2 U' D2 B D F U2 R F2 B2 R F2 U2 F' R' - 5
B' L2 B F2 D2 L2 R2 F2 L' U' F L D2 R B R2 U2 F2 U
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
59 competitors- Aarav Mehra
- Aaryan Jasti
- Abigail Pillay
- Adam Chen
- Apollo McVey
- Brandon Harris
- Caleb Hall
- Carol Chai
- Charlie Sly
- Cory Sonntag
- Declan Barnes
- Edwin Shen
- Elvis Chung
- Ethan Ruoqing Chen (陈若轻)
- Finley Storey
- Finn Kilgallon
- Fynley Sims
- Gemma Tolhurst
- George Chuxian Song
- Henry Layzell
- Hifza Maryam Abubakkar
- Isaac Russell
- Isabella Sequeiros Egan
- Ivan Wang (王家奕)
- Jacob Burger
- Jacob Coring
- James Hawksworth
- Jasmine Kane
- Jayden Zhou
- Jed Comision
- Jiarui Wang (王家瑞)
- John Cook
- Joshua Benjamin
- Joshua Slyfield
- Kaden Ho
- Kaha Fielding
- Kaiden Ziegler
- Kalin Doherty
- Kieran Wells
- Laykin Campbell
- Liam Wadek
- Marco Lawson-Hughes
- Matthew Jia
- Mitansh Midha
- Nate McCarron
- Nathan Zhao
- Nick Ng
- Oscar Bowler
- Parker Hayes
- Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)
- Ryan Dyer
- Ryan Hin Wah Chung
- Sam Gregory
- Thomas Kilbey
- Thomas Swarbrick
- Vira Huang (黃翎溱)
- William Harmse
- Xavier Courteau-Laing
- Zoen Gibbons
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.