Competitions · New Zealand

Koalafication Tauranga 2022

Tauranga · 29 October 2022 · 10 events · 15 competitors · 30 personal bests

James Macdiarmid won two of the ten events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Alexander Vujcich by 0.09 seconds. 15 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today.

The moment

A national record

James Macdiarmid set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 37 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00.

Two wins

James Macdiarmid — 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.09s

closest final — Square-1, Alexander Vujcich over Kalvin Lum

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
6×6	Alex Asbery	2:05.10	2:19.42
7×7	Stanley Nerkowski IV	2:57.76	3:09.62
3×3 blindfolded	Tom Nelson	27.12	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	James Macdiarmid	25 moves	29.67
Clock	Liam Wadek	4.31	6.71
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	34.37	36.98
Square-1	Alexander Vujcich	10.93	12.93
4×4 blindfolded	Jack Maddigan	11:51.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Luke Heath-Edwards	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	James Macdiarmid	37 of 46 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

30 set · 8 still standing

Stanley Nerkowski IV — 7×7 single 2:57.76: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
David Lim — 7×7 single 3:03.10: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Levente Swanepoel — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Luke Heath-Edwards — Megaminx single 1:21.79: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Levente Swanepoel — Megaminx single 1:31.08: into the top 28.9% of the event's history.
Levente Swanepoel — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:17.85: into the top 39.2% of the event's history.
Stanley Nerkowski IV — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 41 moves: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.
Levente Swanepoel — 7×7 single 5:54.01: into the top 66.3% 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

15 competitors · 131 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

15 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.