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New Zealand Nationals 2018

Auckland · 14 December 2018 · 17 events · 90 competitors · 177 personal bests

Tomoya Firman won five of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tomoya Firman by 0.11 seconds. 90 competitors produced 177 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Kirby set the 7×7 single national record: 3:21.74.

Five wins
Tomoya Firman — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — 3×3, Tomoya Firman over Ben Kirby
177
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tomoya Firman7.038.77
2×2Benjamin Agnew2.562.76
4×4Tomoya Firman30.4432.63
5×5Tomoya Firman1:01.601:07.20
6×6Tom Stanton-Barnett2:16.342:20.51
7×7Ben Kirby3:23.253:27.53
3×3 blindfoldedTomoya Firman25.31—
3×3 one-handedTomoya Firman11.7415.60
ClockAneurin Hunt10.2511.24
MegaminxJames Macdiarmid45.4446.68
PyraminxLucas O'Connell2.552.99
SkewbLucas O'Connell3.765.08
Square-1Lucas O'Connell13.3215.07
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson1:55.14—
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson4:13.41—
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson21 of 33 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetTom Nelson56.171:07.91

The PB harvest

177 set · 37 still standing
  • Benjamin Agnew — Pyraminx single 2.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Tom Stanton-Barnett — Pyraminx single 2.40: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Mukund Karthik — 3×3 one-handed single 11.54: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Mukund Karthik — 3×3 single 7.91: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Zhaoyu Tang — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Logan Fulton — Pyraminx single 3.61: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Zhaoyu Tang — 4×4 single 36.45: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Agnew — 4×4 single 38.72: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 787 results · 17 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. Tomoya Firman won it with a 8.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.