Competitions · New Zealand
Mind Games 2018
Wellington · 3 March 2018 · 10 events · 37 competitors · 52 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 Square-1, won by Lucas O'Connell by 0.68 seconds. 37 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A continental record
Tom Nelson set the 4×4 blindfolded single continental record: 2:10.47.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Finn Trass | 7.71 | 9.38 |
| 5×5 | Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) | 50.79 | 57.34 |
| 6×6 | Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) | 1:59.02 | 2:04.87 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 30.14 | 35.80 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Tom Nelson | 30 moves | 32.67 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 45.56 | 50.26 |
| Square-1 | Lucas O'Connell | 9.85 | 15.12 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 2:10.47 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 4:11.21 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 21 of 33 cubes · 59:55 | — |
The PB harvest
52 set · 13 still standing- Ethan Palendeng — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
- Conor Bradding — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
- Finn Trass — Square-1 single 18.82: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
- Conor Bradding — Megaminx single 1:33.57: into the top 30.4% of the event's history.
- Ray Wu — 5×5 single 1:35.22: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
- Conor Bradding — 5×5 single 1:46.07: into the top 40.0% of the event's history.
- Ethan Palendeng — 6×6 single 3:15.37: into the top 48.2% of the event's history.
- Conor Bradding — 6×6 single 3:21.27: into the top 51.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
9 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
37 competitors · 150 results · 10 events.
Everyone who competed
37 competitors- Alex Asbery
- Alif Kusuma
- Andrew Booth
- Aneurin Hunt
- Ashton Kisby
- Ben Clark
- Bilal Kusuma
- Conor Bradding
- Dylan Johnston
- Ethan Palendeng
- Ethan Pan
- Finn Marshall
- Finn Trass
- Hunter Chapman
- Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)
- Jack Gerring
- James Macdiarmid
- Joseph Chamberlain
- Julian Sico
- Kayden Loke Zheng An
- Keone Shelley-Lyons
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Lucas O'Connell
- Luke Barlow
- Marcel Visser
- Marcus Ruane
- Nick Jones
- Ossian Lynch
- Otto Wiig
- Ray Wu
- Richie Moon
- Ryan Martin
- Tennyson Li
- Theo Thomson
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- Vivek Morem
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.