Competitions · New Zealand
NxNZ Open 2018
Auckland · 27 January 2018 · 8 events · 58 competitors · 75 personal bests
Mukund Karthik won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tim Xie by 0.39 seconds. 58 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Biyuan Chen | 7.54 | 9.80 |
| 2×2 | Tim Xie | 2.11 | 2.81 |
| 4×4 | Mukund Karthik | 32.84 | 37.32 |
| 5×5 | Mukund Karthik | 1:05.95 | 1:12.35 |
| 6×6 | Alex Asbery | 2:37.87 | 2:48.49 |
| 7×7 | Alex Asbery | 4:08.14 | 4:18.04 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | James Macdiarmid | 59.91 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Mukund Karthik | 13.78 | 14.98 |
The PB harvest
75 set · 23 still standing- Zhaoyu Tang — 3×3 single 7.49: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
- Biyuan Chen — 3×3 one-handed single 12.03: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
- Carlos Ortiz Suarez — 3×3 single 9.76: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
- Mukund Karthik — 5×5 single 1:05.87: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
- Biyuan Chen — 4×4 single 39.92: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
- Joshua Ebelthite — 3×3 single 11.68: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
- Niko Vaihu — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
- Nathan Wong — 3×3 single 12.65: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 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
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
58 competitors · 280 results · 8 events.
Everyone who competed
58 competitors- Alex Asbery
- Angela Braganza
- Ben Ketley
- Benjamin McKemmish
- Biyuan Chen
- Cardin Vu
- Carlos Ortiz Suarez
- Charlie Lucas
- Cheng-Ru Yang
- Cody Koolen-Bourke
- Daniel Quach
- Darby McKessar
- Dean-James Miller
- Fateh Bhular
- Gene Wang
- Harry Shi
- James Macdiarmid
- Jerry Jiang
- John Nguyen
- Jonathan Chow
- Joseph Chamberlain
- Joseph Tan
- Joshua Brungar
- Joshua Ebelthite
- Joshua Wang
- Kuan Chen
- Kyan van den Heuvel
- Lachlan McGill
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Liam Wadek
- Lucas O'Connell
- Luke Heath-Edwards
- Luke Stanton
- Mantra Shukla
- Matthew Goldsbro
- Matthew Spooner
- Maxwell Too
- Milidu Ratnayake
- Mukund Karthik
- Nathan Vu
- Nathan Wong
- Niko Vaihu
- Niraj Patil
- Oliver Gracewood
- Oliver Jenks
- Oscar Shu Xuan Qin
- Preston Too
- Raphael Lee
- Ryan McDonald
- Ryhan Khan
- Sarina Wang
- Simon Geertsema
- Tim Xie
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- William Chen
- Zhaohan Xiong
- Zhaoyu Tang
- Ziyang Su
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.