Competitions · New Zealand
Mind Games 2019
Wellington · 26 January 2019 · 9 events · 29 competitors · 42 personal bests
Tom Nelson won three of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lucas O'Connell by 0.02 seconds. 29 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A continental record
Tom Nelson set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 3:48.44.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Lucas O'Connell | 7.83 | 8.91 |
| 4×4 | Finn Trass | 29.90 | 32.36 |
| 6×6 | Alex Asbery | 2:11.02 | 2:19.90 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 29.32 | 31.65 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | James Macdiarmid | 26 moves | 31.67 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 42.94 | 46.07 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Lee Stanton-Barnett | 16:38.00 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 3:48.44 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 25 of 31 cubes · 1:00:00 | — |
The PB harvest
42 set · 3 still standing- Julian Sico — Megaminx single 58.62: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
- Lee Stanton-Barnett — 6×6 single 2:29.68: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
- Logan McKinnon — 4×4 single 1:04.93: into the top 41.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
Five 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
3 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
29 competitors · 167 results · 9 events.
Everyone who competed
29 competitors- Aadhithya Hariharan
- Alex Asbery
- Alex Sharples
- Aneurin Hunt
- Caitlyn Mills
- Caspar Levack
- Cheng-Ru Yang
- Ethan Pan
- Finn Trass
- Harrison Marsden
- James Macdiarmid
- James Moore
- Jim Zhu
- Joshua Brungar
- Julian Sico
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Liam Fu
- Liam Wadek
- Logan McKinnon
- Lucas O'Connell
- Luke Heath-Edwards
- Matthias Bentley
- Oliver Gregory
- Richie Moon
- Samson Te'o
- Spencer Rangihaeata
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- William Palmer
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.