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Koalafication Palmy 2019

Palmerston North · 25 May 2019 · 13 events · 31 competitors · 60 personal bests

Lucas O'Connell won three of the 13 events (3×3 blindfolded, Square-1, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Finn Trass by 0.18 seconds. 31 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Kirby set the 7×7 single national record: 3:01.02.

Three wins
Lucas O'Connell — 3×3 blindfolded, Square-1, 3×3 with feet
0.18s
closest final — 3×3, Finn Trass over Lucas O'Connell
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Finn Trass7.899.14
4×4Finn Trass31.1934.45
5×5Ben Kirby58.641:06.17
6×6Tom Stanton-Barnett2:08.222:18.14
7×7Tom Stanton-Barnett3:15.893:20.90
3×3 blindfoldedLucas O'Connell50.68
ClockLuke Heath-Edwards9.7611.66
MegaminxJames Macdiarmid41.1049.40
Square-1Lucas O'Connell12.5514.15
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson2:13.81
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson4:23.33
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson27 of 33 cubes · 55:30
3×3 with feetLucas O'Connell49.7152.49

The PB harvest

60 set · 11 still standing
  • Ethan Pan — 3×3 single 7.60: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Tom Stanton-Barnett — Megaminx single 58.32: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Pan — 5×5 single 1:23.51: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
  • Logan McKinnon — 3×3 single 14.34: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Luke Dufty — 5×5 single 1:42.97: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.
  • Logan McKinnon — Square-1 single 28.80: into the top 47.1% of the event's history.
  • Cole Campbell — Square-1 single 31.82: into the top 52.9% of the event's history.
  • Logan McKinnon — Megaminx single 2:21.13: into the top 56.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

31 competitors · 246 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

31 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.