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New Zealand Nationals 2022

Auckland · 9 December 2022 · 16 events · 268 competitors · 401 personal bests

Dwyane Ramos won five of the 16 events (4×4, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ben Kirby by 0.01 seconds. 268 competitors produced 401 personal bests, 119 of which still stand today, and 125 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Dwyane Ramos set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 8.95.

Five wins
Dwyane Ramos — 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.01s
closest final — 3×3, Ben Kirby over Chris Mills
401
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ben Kirby6.486.98
2×2Elyas Eyou1.061.53
4×4Dwyane Ramos24.2029.26
5×5Ben Kirby54.9156.34
6×6Dwyane Ramos1:45.861:50.41
7×7Dwyane Ramos2:52.973:00.40
3×3 blindfoldedJames Macdiarmid29.10—
3×3 one-handedDwyane Ramos8.259.70
ClockConan Mo4.395.23
MegaminxAlexander Vujcich30.9135.83
PyraminxJasper Murray1.691.82
SkewbDwyane Ramos2.073.02
Square-1Adrien Auvray Matyn5.946.64
4×4 blindfoldedJack Maddigan7:11.69—
5×5 blindfoldedAneurin Hunt——
3×3 Multi-BlindJames Macdiarmid39 of 45 cubes · 58:50—

The PB harvest

401 set · 119 still standing
  • Shiyuan Ji (籍世源) — Skewb single 3.37: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Carol Chai — Clock single 5.99: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Elliot Paterson — Pyraminx single 4.20: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Ziggy Miles Adriatico — Pyraminx single 4.23: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Liam Hollinshead — Pyraminx single 4.71: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Adam Bolland — Pyraminx single 4.91: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Adam Bolland — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Elliot Paterson — Skewb single 4.64: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

125 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

268 competitors · 1973 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. Ben Kirby won it with a 6.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

268 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.