Competitions · New Zealand
New Zealand Nationals 2015
Hamilton · 6 December 2015 · 16 events · 51 competitors · 60 personal bests
Alex Asbery won four of the 16 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alex Asbery by 0.31 seconds. 51 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Alex Asbery | 12.12 | 13.29 |
| 2×2 | Jerry Jiang | 2.75 | 4.23 |
| 4×4 | Alex Asbery | 43.98 | 50.21 |
| 5×5 | Alex Asbery | 1:45.58 | 1:59.25 |
| 6×6 | Alex Asbery | 4:01.77 | 4:08.81 |
| 7×7 | Aneurin Hunt | 6:10.22 | 6:39.21 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 54.70 | 56.72 |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Aneurin Hunt | 39 moves | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Jerry Jiang | 19.92 | 25.42 |
| Megaminx | Logan Ying | 1:48.06 | 2:06.39 |
| Pyraminx | Chris Mills | 4.12 | 4.54 |
| Skewb | Chris Mills | 5.58 | 6.79 |
| Square-1 | Chris Mills | 28.04 | 34.06 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | — | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | — | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 18 of 21 cubes · 54:13 | — |
The PB harvest
60 set · 7 still standing- Daniel Quach — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
- Eunice Ng — 3×3 single 12.91: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
- Kieran Casey — 3×3 single 14.54: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
- Kaiya Ornberg — 2×2 single 4.82: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
- Kaleb Simpson-Bond — 3×3 single 27.64: into the top 58.1% of the event's history.
- Darsh Chaudhari — 3×3 single 38.18: into the top 74.7% of the event's history.
- Kaleb Simpson-Bond — 4×4 single 2:16.65: into the top 88.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
3 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
51 competitors · 274 results · 16 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. Alex Asbery won it with a 13.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 L2 F2 D' B2 L2 R2 B L B' D' L B2 R2 F L2 U' R' U' - 2
L2 F U' D R U' F' U' D' B U' F2 U' B2 U2 B2 L2 D B2 D - 3
R D' L D F' R2 D R' B' R' U' R2 U2 F B U2 B U2 F2 - 4
U' R2 U' L2 U B2 U2 R' D' L' U R2 F D2 R D' L B U - 5
D2 L B' D' L U' R' U D' B2 L' U2 F' D2 R2 F D2 B2 R2 B
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
51 competitors- Alex Asbery
- Alex Li
- Aneurin Hunt
- Angela Braganza
- Ben MacSweeney
- Benjamin Agnew
- Brad West
- Cameron Hobbs
- Cheng-Ru Yang
- Chenoa Brungar
- Chris Mills
- Cian Dunwoody
- Daniel Quach
- Darsh Chaudhari
- David Lim
- Eunice Ng
- Flynn Haslett
- Gordon Mei
- Henry Lee
- Jack Gerring
- Jackson Rowe
- James Bailey
- Jaylen Johnston
- Jerry Jiang
- Joseph Burge
- Joseph Tan
- Josh Gibbins
- Joshua Brungar
- Joshua Gilmore
- Joshua Tan
- Justin Park
- Kaiya Ornberg
- Kalani Hokianga
- Kaleb Simpson-Bond
- Kieran Casey
- Logan Ying
- Mitchell Cameron
- Mukund Karthik
- Nik Bartlett
- Nikolai Tripp
- Rawiri Mahue
- Sang-Hyun Kim
- Simon Geertsema
- Taine Bracken
- Taran Kern
- Thomas Clark
- Tim Xie
- Tom Nelson
- William Han
- William Palmer
- Zhaoyu Tang
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.