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New Zealand Nationals 2016

Auckland · 3 December 2016 · 18 events · 79 competitors · 133 personal bests

Aneurin Hunt won three of the 18 events (2×2, Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Phạm Anh Khoa by 0.13 seconds. 79 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alex Asbery set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 1:22.76.

Three wins
Aneurin Hunt — 2×2, Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded
0.13s
closest final — 3×3, Phạm Anh Khoa over James Macdiarmid
133
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Phạm Anh Khoa10.1111.04
2×2Aneurin Hunt1.913.63
4×4Alex Asbery43.1748.06
5×5Mukund Karthik1:19.591:23.48
6×6Dhanasit Srijamorn2:47.722:57.76
7×7Ke Wang (王珂)4:53.795:19.76
3×3 blindfoldedJack Cai31.54—
3×3 Fewest MovesChristian Houghton45 moves—
3×3 one-handedMukund Karthik16.1617.99
ClockEunice Ng10.4011.82
MegaminxChristian Houghton1:06.561:12.36
PyraminxBenjamin Agnew2.894.02
SkewbOssian Lynch3.675.98
Square-1Aneurin Hunt21.2625.65
4×4 blindfoldedAneurin Hunt——
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson——
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson21 of 31 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetAlex Asbery1:22.761:30.31

The PB harvest

133 set · 43 still standing
  • Alvari Kupari — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Phạm Anh Khoa — 3×3 one-handed single 15.96: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Patrick Jones-Mackay — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Zhang — 3×3 single 12.49: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Chong — Skewb single 4.73: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Zhang — Pyraminx single 5.68: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • James Bailey — Pyraminx single 5.79: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
  • Declan Barrett — 2×2 single 3.38: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 512 results · 18 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. Phạm Anh Khoa won it with a 11.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.