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Mind Games 2017

Wellington · 28 January 2017 · 10 events · 32 competitors · 43 personal bests

Tom Nelson won five of the ten events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by James Macdiarmid by 0.33 seconds. 32 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alex Asbery set the 4×4 single national record: 36.96.

Five wins
Tom Nelson — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.33s
closest final — 3×3, James Macdiarmid over Oliver Jenks
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3James Macdiarmid9.9611.32
4×4Alex Asbery36.9645.00
5×5Alex Asbery1:30.911:34.36
6×6Alex Asbery2:58.223:19.23
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson39.6846.70
3×3 Fewest MovesTom Nelson26 moves29.00
MegaminxChristian Houghton1:06.561:12.63
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson3:10.67
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson26 of 31 cubes · 57:51

The PB harvest

43 set · 6 still standing
  • Nik Bartlett — 3×3 single 10.54: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Christian Houghton — 5×5 single 1:43.62: into the top 38.0% of the event's history.
  • Christian Houghton — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 39 moves: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
  • Mike Ma — 3×3 single 23.30: into the top 48.6% of the event's history.
  • Louis MacIver — 3×3 single 25.01: into the top 52.6% of the event's history.
  • Christian Houghton — 6×6 single 4:36.61: into the top 76.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 129 results · 10 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. James Macdiarmid won it with a 11.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.