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Competitions · New Zealand

Hamilton Spring 2017

Hamilton · 30 September 2017 · 15 events · 79 competitors · 131 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won four of the 15 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tim Xie by 0.24 seconds. 79 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tom Nelson set the 4×4 blindfolded single continental record: 2:36.32.

Four wins
Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.24s
closest final — 2×2, Tim Xie over Jerry Jiang
131
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mukund Karthik9.2010.01
2×2Tim Xie2.432.78
4×4Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)31.6034.73
5×5Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)50.141:00.39
6×6Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)2:01.472:06.42
7×7Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)3:04.313:27.15
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson26.3937.30
3×3 one-handedOliver Jenks13.5914.81
MegaminxJames Macdiarmid56.7457.55
PyraminxBenjamin Agnew3.193.90
SkewbLucas O'Connell2.353.82
Square-1Lucas O'Connell10.4014.20
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson2:36.32—
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson4:51.29—
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson25 of 28 cubes · 57:45—

The PB harvest

131 set · 31 still standing
  • Cheng-Ru Yang — Pyraminx single 2.05: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Mukund Karthik — 4×4 single 31.76: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Mukund Karthik — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Jason Gong — 3×3 single 9.15: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Agnew — Skewb single 3.16: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Jason Gong — 3×3 one-handed single 14.68: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Jack Gerring — Pyraminx single 4.65: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Kang — 3×3 single 11.68: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

16 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 549 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. Mukund Karthik won it with a 10.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.