Competitions · New Zealand

A New Year in Auckland 2021

Auckland · 8 January 2021 · 13 events · 114 competitors · 222 personal bests

Dwyane Ramos won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Alex Taylor by 0.17 seconds. 114 competitors produced 222 personal bests, 72 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Alexander Vujcich set the Megaminx single continental record: 30.32.

Five wins

Dwyane Ramos — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1

0.17s

closest final — Clock, Alex Taylor over Liam Wadek

222

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Adrien Auvray Matyn	7.48	7.72
2×2	Adrien Auvray Matyn	2.01	2.09
4×4	Dwyane Ramos	29.20	32.64
5×5	Dwyane Ramos	55.52	1:02.38
3×3 blindfolded	Alex Taylor	58.38	1:09.84
3×3 one-handed	Dwyane Ramos	10.02	12.20
Clock	Alex Taylor	6.60	7.30
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	32.98	38.65
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	2.64	3.91
Skewb	Dwyane Ramos	2.29	2.54
Square-1	Dwyane Ramos	10.13	10.96
4×4 blindfolded	Alex Taylor	6:25.51	—
5×5 blindfolded	Alex Taylor	15:11.00	—

The PB harvest

222 set · 72 still standing

Kaiden Ziegler — Pyraminx single 1.51: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Mantra Shukla — Pyraminx single 1.99: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Nate Mochrie — Pyraminx single 2.06: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Lee Stanton-Barnett — Pyraminx single 2.58: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Angela Braganza — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Jason Tong — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Thomas Swarbrick — Pyraminx single 3.22: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Isaac Latta — Pyraminx single 3.28: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

114 competitors · 788 results · 13 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. Adrien Auvray Matyn won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 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.